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Grinning into the Black, into the Ringing Nothing, blue vessel by Amanda Simmons
$3,560.42
£2,600
€3,047.71
CA$4,902.99
A$5,336.78
CHF 2,827.77
MX$64,182.82
NOK 35,954.34
SEK 32,948.17
DKK 22,766.17
About the Item
'Grinning into the Black, into the Ringing Nothing' is a unique sculptural vessel by the British artist, Amanda J Simmons.
Amanda J Simmons exploits the heat of the kiln combined with gravity to manipulate and form her complex glass pieces. It is however her use of opaque glass powders in the initial stages, that create her unique surface textures and tonal palette.
After building up layers of the various pigmented powder on clear sheet glass, Simmons then draws on her desired patterns and marks. She pushes the fine particles to leave rows of tiny excavated ravines, resulting in repetitive and precisely designed minuscule landscapes. Firing melts these powders, softening and hardening the surface, revealing the layered and mixed colours used.
Further slump firings not only add three-dimensional form but pull and stretch the sheet glass, thinning the surface making it opaque and translucent. Final cold working processes such as grinding, cutting and engraving, reveal more of the hidden structure but also add further intricate decoration.
Simmons came to glass after a previous career in engineering and medicine and has worked with the material for over two decades having graduated from Central St Martin’s School of Art
Design in London. Her biomedical past profession has also been highly influential in both her aesthetic and making process.
Simmons has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and internationally with: Bullseye Projects in Portland, Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington, SOFA Chicago and Pittsburgh Glass Centre. All her work is now made in Dumfries
Galloway, Scotland where Simmons moved to in 2005. In 2010 she won the Crafts Councils and UK Trade
Investment Gold Award for innovation. As a result of this she has been selected to research and teach in the USA and Europe.
In her words;
"We have collected objects ever since we have had somewhere to put things. I’m interested in our emotional responses to contemporary objects and the connection we build with inanimate items. The starting point to all my work is that connection, either with an emotion, colour, written word or music and from there I will investigate how others have looked at the same notion, making a visual representation of my research and reactions, often leading to more questions".
- Creator:Amanda Simmons (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 8.08 in (20.5 cm)Width: 22.84 in (58 cm)Depth: 11.82 in (30 cm)
- Style:Organic Modern (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:2024
- Production Type:New Custom(One of a Kind)
- Estimated Production Time:Available Now
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- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1023042982292
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