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Glare measures 175 cms tall by 95cms wide and 1cm thick. It is wall mounted using two hidden stand-off brackets adhered to the reverse.
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This panel was designed and made for the Scottish Glass Society exhibition, titled 'Trove', hosted at Perth Museum & Art Gallery. The museum allowed society members to view their extensive collections, talking to curators in order to choose artefacts as sources of inspiration for new work. Rachel was inspired by various different elements of the museum’s collection, most notably the extensive natural history preservations, stored row upon row in drawers and under plastic, but also the social history artefacts, documenting the everyday life of Perth’s residents over many centuries.
It was this desire to combine the two aspects that led to the design of the hare, which also incorporates images from the Magnus Jackson photographic collection, returning them to glass, where they were originally found. In terms of the glass techniques it also combines very modern technology, as the shape of the hare is cut by water-jet, with the traditional use of kiln-fired enamels, applied by screen-printing. Water-jet cutting uses a computer to control a high pressure stream of water carrying abrasive grit, which cuts the glass. This enables shapes to be cut out that would be difficult to do by hand. |
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