Peter Layton
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THE GALLERY IN THE FRIARS
THE GALLERY IN THE FRIARS
Cyrilla Muxlow
Proprietor
Peter
Layton's
London Glassblowing is a hot glass studio focused on the creation and
display of contemporary glass art. The studio has a reputation as one of
Europe's leading glassmaking workshops with a particular flair for the use
of colour, form and texture.
Peter
Layton produces individual pieces of decorative glass in sculptural and
functional forms. The work is free blown, permitting a greater degree of
involvement and attention to detail than is possible on standardised
production and ensuring the individuality of each piece. It is the studio's
philosophy that each object should be unique and signed by the artist.
Peter
Layton originally trained in ceramics, but the discovery of hot glass was
the beginning of a new love affair. He was inspired by the immediacy of this
enchanting and elusive medium, as much by the demanding process and the
magical and exquisite material. Each piece presents an adventure, and a
challenge to control form and colour, while yet allowing the fluidity of the
glass to contribute its own qualities and characteristics.
Self
taught as a glassmaker, Peter Layton's work is organic and tactile, striving
to achieve a form of controlled asymmetry. Series evolve by 'sketching on
the blowing iron', in the belief that an understanding of the work is best
achieved through making. An inveterate beachcomber, his work is often drawn
from some aspect of nature or something observed
while travelling.
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