NORTH Lands creative
north lands creative EST 1995, CAITHNESS, SCOTLAND
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North Lands Creative is an international centre dedicated to the study and development of glass as an art form and fosters a strong community among the participating artists and audiences. The charity offers both self-motivated and structured opportunities for artists requiring often massive and complex facilities for their work, and looking to further engage with their fellow peers. As a national charity North Lands Creative encourages an appreciation and understanding of contemporary glass. With the help of our supporters we raise funds to provide opportunity for artistic innovation and potential. As a not for profit our income goes directly in to helping build a stronger glass community which benefits many artists and crafts makers globally. We are proud to celebrate the outstanding British and international creativity in glass. All the artists at Collect have a connection to North Lands Alastair Pilkington Studio, and the work has been inspired by their immersive time on the artist-in-residence program or as a collaborative process on our associate artist projects. North Lands Creative is distinguished for its expertise in the field of contemporary glass. For more than 24 years our organisation has represented distinguished master crafts people and artists selling to private collectors and museums alongside facilitating private commissions.
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In 2020 the gallery will represent the work of Martin Janecký (Czech), Emma Baker (UK), Laura Quinn (Ireland), Alberto Lago (Italy), Alexandra Mureșan (Romania) and James Maskrey (UK). The history of glass is full of ‘origin stories’: stories of how and where glass began. North Lands Creative at Collect 2020 takes this as a starting-pointing for the six artists exhibiting, each exploring a fundamental component of contemporary glass blowing. The Future of Making – Tradition to Liberation and how the artists have each broken the mould by creating ground-breaking work which sees traditional techniques evolving. How does the glass community start to create a new language and support the freedom of artists, makers and curators to break the conventions around tradition. Guiding the creative process for glass blowing, North Lands Creative uses the studio and gallery as a freespace for people to gather and exchange, with new networks emerging, new possibilities taking shape and achieve a global dialogue that can weave through gender, social politics and sustainability. The exhibition will be playful, witty and provocative, Origins asks us to look again at the myths, conventions and histories that guide how glass is created and experienced.
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Martin Janecký, began working with glass at the age of thirteen at his father’s factory in the Czech Republic. After graduating from the Glass School in Nový Bor he gained experiences in South Africa, Sweden, the Netherlands, and chiefly in the US, where he studied at the Pilchuck Glass School under Richard Royal and William Morris. It wasn’t long before Martin Janecký himself became a highly sought teacher in his field. He has been a visiting artist and instructor at various glass programs all over the world, such as The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Craft, University of Toyama. Among his most recognized strengths is an ability to master the glass moulding technology of so-called blowing and sculpting “inside the bubble”, a technique used to create startling original works. Martin Janecky is considered to be one of the best glass sculptors working today. He has exhibited his artwork in galleries and museums all over the world.
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
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B 1980 Czechia
Martin Janecký
Martin Janecký
Martin Janecký
Old Man, 2020 Hot Glass £ 11,500
Photo Credit , Gabriel Urbánek, 2020
Martin Janecký
Portrait of a Women, 2018 Hot Glass
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£ 10,900
Martin Janecký
Portrait of a Women, 2018 Hot Glass £ 10,900
Photo Credit , Gabriel Urbánek, 2020
Martin Janecký
Thinker, 2019 Hot Glass £ 11,500
Photo Credit , Gabriel Urbánek, 2020
Martin Janecký
Thinker II, 2020 Hot Glass £ 12,500
Photo Credit , Gabriel Urbánek, 2020
Alexandra Mureșan B 1985 romania Alexandra Mureșan is a young glass artist and lecturer at the Ceramic and Glass Department within the University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca. In 2016 she received the summa cum laude distinction for her PhD research: The Invisible and Unpredictable in the Contemporary Language of Glass Art. In 2013 Alexandra was awarded the Jutta-Cuny Franz Memorial Award for glass. Her pieces have been exhibited in several shows in Cluj, Bistrița, Bucharest, Warsaw, Berlin, Lybster, Bornholm, Prague, Plzen, Bergen and Rome. Alexandra is also a Philosophy graduate at the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Her studies in philosophy had a considerable impact on her creative thought process and resulted in her developing a deeper understanding and perception of art and aesthetics.
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Alexandra Mureșan
Photo Credit , Thomas Hogben, 2019
Alexandra Mureșan
Telos, 2019 Cristalica glass, thermoformed, metal ÂŁ 1,800
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
Alexandra Mureșan
Vaporous Memories 002, 20019 Cristalica glass, sandblasted, metal ÂŁ 1,300
Alexandra Mureșan
Layers, 2019 Glass frit, thermo formed, white wax £ 900
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
Alexandra Mureșan
When will the past stop haunting me? 2019 Cristalica glass, sandblasted, glass frit, thermoformed, metal ÂŁ1,500
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
Alexandra Mureșan
Incomode Reconciliation, 2019 Cristalica glass, thermoformed, sandblasted, metal, mixed media ÂŁ 1,100
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
Alexandra Mureșan
Levity 001, 2019 Float glass, thermoformed, metal ÂŁ 900
Alexandra Mureșan
Duality 020, 2019 Glasma glass, metal £ 1,500
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
Alexandra Mureșan
Duality 019, 2019 Glasma glass, metal £ 1,500
James Maskrey started working with glass in 1990. He originally trained as an apprentice and subsequently worked for 7 years at a hot glass studio in Dorset. In 1997 he embarked on a three dimensional design degree in glass at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey. After graduating in 2000 he was appointed as Artist in Residence at the University. In 2001 James joined the Glass and Ceramics department at The University of Sunderland and in 2002 he started his Masters in glass at the University, graduating in 2004. James continues to work for the University. He has exhibited his work in the UK, Europe, The USA and China. His work is held in many public and private collections including The Crafts Council and the Victoria and Albert Museum. “I use predominantly hot glass to create factual and imagined objects that often take the form of individual pieces or collections of curiosities. Inspiration comes from many sources. Personal experiences, peculiar facts, elaborate hoaxes and voyages of discovery, all help to inform whilst a passion for both traditional craft skills and innovative new technologies plays an important part in the execution of the work.� James Maskrey.
james maskrey
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b1967 england, uk
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james Maskrey
Photo credit, Michael Daglish, 2020
James Maskrey
Victoriana Obscura: High Society. Burglar bitten by a skeleton. 2020 Free blown bottletops, cup cased bases with glass and print inclusions, printed paper labels, engraved and fire polished stoppers.  ÂŁ1,900
James Maskrey
Victoriana Obscura: High Society. Duelling Monkeys. 2020 Free blown bottletops, cup cased bases with glass and print inclusions, printed paper labels, engraved and fire polished stoppers.  ÂŁ2,200 Photo credit, Michael Daglish, 2020
James Maskrey
Victoriana Obscura: High Society. The Phantom Train. 2020 Free blown bottletops, cup cased bases with glass and print inclusions, printed paper labels, engraved and fire polished stoppers.  ÂŁ2,200
Photo credit, Michael Daglish, 2020
James Maskrey
Victoriana Obscura: High Society. Adrian and Fedor. 2020 Free blown bottletops, cup cased bases with glass and print inclusions, printed paper labels, engraved and fire polished stoppers.  ÂŁ2,200 Photo credit, Michael Daglish, 2020
James Maskrey
Victoriana Obscura: High Society. Body in Mitre Square. 2020 Free blown bottletops, cup cased bases with glass and print inclusions, printed paper labels, engraved and fire polished stoppers.  ÂŁ1,900
Photo credit, Michael Daglish, 2020
James Maskrey
Victoriana Obscura: High Society. A ghost appears near Woolwich. 2020 Free blown bottletops, cup cased bases with glass and print inclusions, printed paper labels, engraved and fire polished stoppers.  ÂŁ2,000 Photo credit, Michael Daglish, 2020
James Maskrey
Victoriana Obscura: High Society. Opium Den. 2020 Free blown bottletops, cup cased bases with glass and print inclusions, printed paper labels, engraved and fire polished stoppers.  ÂŁ2,200
Photo credit, Michael Daglish, 2020
laura quinn laura quinn
Laura Quinn is a glassblower and designer. In 2015 she graduated from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin with a joint BA (hons) in Glass Design and Art and Design History. After graduating she completed glassblowing internships in the Corning Museum of Glass, New York and Estonia.During this time her work was awarded the Innovation in Glass Award, and Emerging Glass Artist Award by the National Craft Awards in Ireland. She also received 2 scholarships to study under master glass makers in the world renowned Corning Museum of Glass. Her work has appeared alongside other major makers in the Brown Thomas exhibition, Create 2015. From 2016-2017 she worked under a master glassblower in the U.K. Here she honed her glassblowing skills within the production setting. In 2017 she began her MA in 3D Design Crafts in Plymouth College of Art , with a project proposal to develop the interface between glass and other materials using digital technologies to create sustainable craft products. During her MA studies, and just after, Laura has spoken at the UWE Artisan In-
In 2019 she was also commended by the Contemporary Glass Society in their New Graduate Review. She was also listed as one of 10
ternational Conference in 2018 and the Plymouth College of Art Making Futures
new jeweler designers to look out for from New Designers 2019 by online Jewellery Magazine Benchpeg- despite never referring to
International Conference in September 2019. She has also spoken at the Ireland
herself as a jeweller. However this is an example of how her research and physical outputs transcends the perceived restraints of the
Glass Biennale Symposium in October 2019. She is due to speak at by far her larg-
material.
est event yet, the International Glass Art Society Conference in Sweden 2020. Practical and theoretical research and exploring how we understand out material
Her work has also appeared in the Portal 2019 exhibition in Llantarnam Grange, Wales, and the Ireland Glass Biennale 2019 in Dublin
relationship, is an intrinsic part of her making practice.
Castle.
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ireland B 1993
Laura Quinn
Sisyphus Arm Piece, 2019 Lampworked glass, waterjet cut silicone rubber. ÂŁ 500
Photo Credit , Laura Quinn, 2019
Photo Credit , Laura Quinn, 2019
Laura Quinn
Sisyphus Light Piece , 2019 Blown glass, lampworked glass, electrical components, laser cut rubber, laser cut acrylic. ÂŁ 1,500
Laura Quinn
Sisyphus Arm Piece II, 2019 Lampworked glass, laser cut leather, goldleaf, resin. ÂŁ 500
Photo Credit , Laura Quinn, 2019k, 2020
Laura Quinn
Balance Neck Piece, 2019 Blown glass, recycled rubber, 3D printed PLA, resin ÂŁ 660
Photo Credit , Laura Quinn, 2019
Photo Credit , Laura Quinn, 2019
Laura Quinn
Bells of Digital, 2019 Lampworked and hot sculpted glass, recycled rubber, copper tube ÂŁ 2,000
Photo Credit , Laura Quinn, 2020
Laura Quinn
Flop Vessel Lampworked borosilicate glass, water jet cut silicone rubber. ÂŁ 2,100
emma baker emma baker
Emma Baker is a glass artist living and working in the UK. In 2019 she became one of two Associate Artists at North Lands Creative, a two-year programme supporting & developing the practice of glass artists. Her work is held in public & private collections and has been shown across the UK & Ireland. Most recently, she has received scholarship funding to the USA and worked on international projects supported by British Council Scotland and Creative Europe. Specialising as a glassmaker, her love of the material and its processes combined with narrative and sentiment embodies her artistic practice. Emma Baker has been working in glass for the past eight years. During this time she has worked at various glass studios in the UK and abroad. Specialising in hot glass, she has been involved with a multitude of projects with artists, designers & makers alike. Her work is held in private and public collections, shown most recently at the Ireland Glass Biennale and British Glass Biennale 2019. In January 2019 she became one of North Lands Creative’s first Associate Artists, a two-year programme. Materiality and process run side by side with narrative and sentiment as the key themes within her practice. Alongside her captivation of the material and per-
often initially ambiguous but aesthetically literal.
severance of technical mastery, she endeavours to use glass as a canvas to celebrate memories through the presentation or re-creation of important objects.
Recently she has been pursuing a path to encompass both her use of glass as a medium to immortalise memories of significant times
Inspiration is drawn from profound personal occurrences; therefore her work is
and happenings along with her appreciation of the inherent behaviours and processes of the material.
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b 1991 england, uk
Emma Baker
Torsion, 2019 Hot Glass ÂŁ 360 per individual peice Photo Credit David Williams courtesy of the NGC
Emma Baker
Carragh, 2019 Blown and kiln worked glass ÂŁ 1,080
alberto lago alberto lago
Alberto Lago is a designer and artist based in Venice. Starting from designing skyscrapers to working with craftsman his creative process is based on understanding the human and social impact on the surroundings through community interaction. His background range from architecture, engineering, carpentry, illustration and design. Alberto creative process is based on traditional craftsmanship in relation with natural materials (ceramic, fabric, glass, marble, metal, and wood). The starting point is having a direct interaction with skilled artisans to understand their techniques, passions and dreams. These knowledges are then used in symbiosis with digital technologies to inform the design process in a unique manner. In 2018, he took part of the Venice Architecture Biennale for the Scottish exhibition, as an artist and coordinator, where he collaborated to explore the theme of free space through bringing to Venice not another exhibition but a resource for Venetians and anyone coming into the space. Currently, he is Art Director and designer of Salviati a 160 years-old Murano glass
Alberto has won different national and international awards, and he has showcased his work in several different exhibitions, such as:
furnace, where he explores the old traditional glass techniques with a contempo-
Milano Design Fair, Venice Glass Week, Biennale di Venezia, and Industries Museum in Chemnitz.
rary contaminations.
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B 1982 italy
Alberto Lago for Salviati
Ferai Codega Table Lamp, 2019 Hot Glass £ POA
Alberto Lago for Salviati
Tabarro, 2019 Hot Glass £ POA
Alberto Lago for Salviati
Ferai Cesendeo Table Lamp, 2019 Hot Glass £ POA
emma baker & alberto lago emma baker b 1991 england, uk
“Origin� means understanding the base behind the tradition and the history of glass. In Murano this is quite obvious given the millenary glass culture. Indeed, in Murano many things have not been changed and all traditional techniques are still alive. However, even in Lybster traditions have a strong bases since almost 60 years Murano glass masters came in this remote part of northern Scotland to teach how to make glass. This strong correlation is nowadays still alive through a more direct connection that resemble the elements of the project in a link that start from the past to reach the future of glass network in Europe and all around the world.
alberto lago B 1982 italy
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Alberto Lago& Emma Baker Origin V, 2019 Hot Glass ÂŁ 1,600
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
Alberto Lago& Emma Baker Origin IV, 2019 Hot Glass £1,600
Alberto Lago& Emma Baker Origin I, 2019 Hot Glass £ 700
Photo Credit , Gabriel Urbánek, 2020
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
Alberto Lago& Emma Baker Origin VIII 2019 Hot Glass £1,800
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
Alberto Lago& Emma Baker Origin VII 2019 Hot Glass £1,000
Alberto Lago& Emma Baker Origin VI 2019 Hot Glass £ 1,000
Alberto Lago& Emma Baker Origin III, 2019 Hot Glass £ 1,600
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
Alberto Lago& Emma Baker Origin II 2019 Hot Glass ÂŁ800
Photo Credit , Angus Mackay, 2019
through the glass masters working in the hot shop and through all those people committed to spread the glass blowing art culture all around the world. In the contemporary design industry, Salviati rearranges its production The North Lands Creative team is delighted to announce that Collect 2020 will see new sponsor partnerships including Sal-
through an organizational model that facilitates the synergic relationship that has always existed between the
viati and Abate Zanetti. Salviati designer, Alberto Lago has also collaborated with artist Emma Baker on our British Council
artist and the glass masters.
Scotland Origin Project. Like all relationships, creative partnerships are built on trust and mutual value we welcome this partnership, enabling the delivery of new collaborative projects for European glass.
After a long and intense process, Salviati de nes itself as a modern furnace capable of optimizing, innovating and
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combining the traditional production with a research department where people and ideas grow. Salviati, Venice, Est 1859
Salviati’s production is divided into artistic glass, tableware, lighting and a special interiors section open to designers using glass and its in nite shapes for bespoke solutions.
In 1859 a lawyer from Vicenza, Antonio Salviati, began his successful glass business, founding the Salviati & C. which combined the production of mosaics, enamels and blown glass, becoming an international reference point soon. Salviati was a tireless researcher: his furnace production ranged between very re ned “lattimi”, ligree with very complex weaves and opalescent glasses embellished with oral decorations and aventurine threads. The manufacturing accuracy and precision, highly recommended by Salviati in some correspondence of that time, can be found throughout all the production of its furnace whose regulation required the mandatory attendance of the internal drawing school.
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Today Salviati is a company that every day respects and celebrates the thousand-year- old Murano tradition
Abate Zanetti Venice, Est 1862 The School of Glass Abate Zanetti of Murano is the heir of an ancient Glass institution, the Drawing School for Glass Makers, founded back in the year 1862 by the abbot Vincenzo Zanetti. The School of Glass remains today more than ever the meeting place between the past and future of the art of glass with the purpose to join the multiple realities of the contemporary glass panorama, looking at the world of design, culture, art. In this way, research and experimentation combine with the custody of a thousand year’ of tradition and technical skill typical of the Island of Murano. The headquarters are in Murano, in an industrial architecture building of the 30s situated at the heart of the island, transformed for the current purposes thanks to an operation of architectural restoration. The building has got wide spaces used as laboratories, classrooms, conference room, library with Wi-Fiworkstation, coffee bar. Direct docking on the lagoon.The structure is equipped for all the typical Murano glass works: furnace, lampworking, glass fusing and grinding. There is a spacious outdoor garden with thepossibility to fitting up to 200 seats.
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time and space to develop projects, test ideas and produce and show work. We subsidise the cost of our studio spaces so that access to our facilities remains affordable for artists as they build their careers. Our work is core funded by Creative Scotland and has been further supported through our own earned income and from a number of hugely valued and committed Trusts & Foundations and committed Corporate Partners. There have also been extraordinary acts of generosity from private individuals who have given financial support, many of who wish to remain anonymous.
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North Lands Creative is a registered charity. We provide direct funding to artists to allow them
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building a stronger glass community
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