EDMOND BYRNE
ENSEMBLE 3 - 27 October 2018
EDMOND BYRNE
ENSEMBLE 3 - 27 October 2018
Edmond Byrne initially studied Glass Design at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, before completing an MA at The Royal College of Art, London in 2010. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and he has won a number of awards including the Dan Klein Memorial Bursary in 2011. Edmond has teaching experience in Irish and UK universities and has worked and travelled across the world attending workshops and seminars including working on the Dale Chihuly glassblowing team in the United States. Currently Edmond is Technical Tutor at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham. Edmond Byrne’s mould blown glass aims to evoke an emotional response in the viewer. From his large ethereal stacked vessels to signature sprawling tableaux, Byrne’s vessels use the materiality of glass to examine the science and psychology of colour. With Ensemble, Byrne moves in a new direction exploring the totem as a creative device for assembling ‘off cuts’ - glass parts that would normally be discarded during the making process in the workshop, collected and reassembled into exquisite objects. Byrne’s assemblages allow him to query the intrinsic nature of his own work by exploring the aesthetic parameters, structures and space between each component in an act of reflection and re-functioning. Due to the components being ‘off-cuts’ they possess a residual identity with their parent object in the exhibit. This creates a subtle interplay between the assemblages and the surrounding work, sharing the same genetic code, born of the same mother-object.
Edmond Byrne in his studio
Metameric Landscape, 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina ÂŁ220 - ÂŁ1,200 each
‘I blow glass into moulds to create tactile surfaces. The moulds are made from a variety of materials such as clay, fabrics and metal and can only be used once. The activity of making the moulds is an equally important part of the creative process as they cause the textures to form on the vessels. I also use sodium silicate to create sand shell moulds. The moulds are inspired by my drawings; I draw first and then translate the marks, energy and gestures into three dimensional moulds.’
Short Cylinder II, Metameric Landscape, 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina H16 x D16 cm ÂŁ900
Tall Cylinder, Metameric Landscape (detail), 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina H40 x D16 cm ÂŁ1,200
Left to right: Short Cylinder I, Metameric Landscape, 2018, H16 x D16 cm, £900 Small Cylinder III, Metameric Landscape, 2018, H23 x D8 cm, £220 Large Cylinder II, Metameric Landscape, 2018, H30 x D30 cm, £1,200 Tall Cylinder, Metameric Landscape, 2018, H40 x D16 cm, £1,200 all mould blown glass with Kaolin patina
Short Cylinder I, Metameric Landscape, 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina H16 x D16 cm ÂŁ900
Small Cylinder I, Metameric Landscape (detail), 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina H23 x D8 cm ÂŁ220
Left to right: Tall Cylinder, Metameric Landscape, 2018, H40 x D16 cm, £1,200 Small Cylinder I, Metameric Landscape, 2018, H23 x D8 cm, £220 Short Cylinder II, Metameric Landscape, 2018, H16 x D16 cm, £900 Large Cylinder I, Metameric Landscape, 2018, H25 x D30 cm, £1,200 Small Cylinder II, Metameric Landscape, 2018, H23 x D8 cm, £220 all mould blown glass with Kaolin patina
Large Cylinder I, Metameric Landscape, 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina H25 x D30 cm ÂŁ1,200
Small Cylinder II, Metameric Landscape, 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina H23 x D8 cm ÂŁ220
Edmond Byrne, glass blowing works in progress
Totem Stack, 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina H45 x D32 cm £3,800
Totem Stack (detail), 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina H45 x D32 cm ÂŁ3,800
‘Through glass blowing processes I explore colour, texture and form to make glass vessels that induce an emotional response in each viewer. I use subtle, semi-transparent colours in my work. Much of my work has a kaolin (natural clay) and water patina to create crazing and an ageing effect.’
Amber Stack (three piece), 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina H26 x D30 cm £220 - £1,200 each
Amber Stack (three piece), 2018 mould blown glass with Kaolin patina H23 x D30 cm £220 - £1,200 each
EDMOND BYRNE b. 1977 Born: Dublin EDUCATION 2016 Post Graduate Certificate in Art and Design Education & Fellowship, Higher Education Academy, UCA, Farnham 2010 MA in Glass, Royal College of Art, London 2007 Higher Diploma in Art and Design Education, National College of Art and Design, Dublin 2000 Bachelor of Design in Craft, National College of Art and Design, Dublin SELECTED AWARDS 2017 2015 2011 2011 2009
Penland Fellowship - Shortlisted Art and Craft Design Award - Shortlisted UCA Overseas Research Travel Fund Dan Klein Memorial Bursary, Contemporary Glass Society Pilchuck Partner Scholarship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Oct 2018 May 2018 Sept 2017 Aug 2017 Jan 2017 Oct 2016 Apr 2016 Jun 2015 May 2015 Mar 2015
Ensemble, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Hot and Cold, London Glassblowing, London Metameric: Colour as Fiction, Flow Gallery, London. British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, The Glasshouse, Stourbridge Art Geneve with Taste Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland Redefining the Vessel, Mobilia Gallery, Massachusetts, USA Edmond Byrne, The New Craftsmen, London Side by Side, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris Collect, Crafts Council Saatchi Gallery, London Modern Masters, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern, Munich
SELECTED COLLECTIONS Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland National Museum of Ireland
Published by The Scottish Gallery to coincide with the exhibition: ENSEMBLE - EDMOND BYRNE 3 - 27 OCTOBER 2018 Photography by Beytan Erkman Special thanks to Devereux & Huskie Glassworks All rights reserved. No part of this catalogue may be reproduced in any form by print, photocopy or by any other means, without the permission of the copyright holders and of the publishers.
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