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About Fragmented Glass
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Hi my name is Anthony Chilver
and I am Fragmented Glass. With over 20 years experience covering all
aspects of Stained and Architectural Glass from consultation and design
through to installation, Fragmented Glass can offer a full in-house
service. Blending both contemporary and traditional stained
glass techniques, I design and create glass art that attempts to show the hidden and beautiful qualities of glass.
I first came across glass when I went to the then Chelsea School of Art
now the Chelsea College of Art & Design way back in the 1980's.
This course has long since gone, unfortunately. I
soon developed my love for glass as I was introduced to and began to
learn the craft of Stained Glass. As my knowledge grew I pushed on into
glass sculpture. I was fascinated by the play of light on the edges of
glass and soon started to design sculptures that utilised this by
displaying the broken edges. I then took this back into stained glass
designing panels that had glass strips in which again displayed all the
characteristics of the beauty of the edges of glass. These were around
4mm thick and I can hardly believe that I would spend hours cutting
thousands of strips for a window design. But that is what dedication is.
Over the years I have had the opportunity to work with many of the contemporary greats in the Art/Glass world. People
like Brain Clarke, Graham Jones, Patrick Reyntiens and Sandra Blow to
name but a few. Along with these artists I got to work on many of the
UK's biggest glass projects running most of them as site studio manager, a fantastic learning experience.
So what is happening right now. Well having
been in the Metropolis for many years the time came to move away. So
a new purpose built studio is in the planning and as a first step Fragmented
Glass has been relocated to the West Sussex area. In the meantime work goes on and I continue to design and create glass art that I hope will inspire and enchant.
If
you just want some advise or to chat about possibilities then give me a
call or send me an email.
I look forward to hearing from you. |
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