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Ewa Wawrzyniak

Kings Langley
Ewa’s work is inspired by Gaston Bachelard’s book ‘The Poetics of Space’ and deals with the perceptions of a house as a ‘private space’. Her work is widely collected by museums and galleries.
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Born in Poland and trained in ceramics and glass at Middlesex Polytechnic and Surrey Institute of Art and Design in the UK. Completed my Master of Arts at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland, where my research explored the technical and expressive possibilities of sand casting glass. My work is inspired by Gaston Bachelard's book The Poetics of Space and is dealing with the perceptions of a house as a 'private space'. Always container, sometimes contained, the house serves in my work as the portal to metaphors of imagination. We need houses in order to dream, in order to imagine. These dreamscape sculptures are about vulnerability and protection. I am exploring here how we experience intimate places and to what extent our memories and experiences from childhood influence our need for this 'dream place'. The symbols I use are very personal and therefore more intuitive than logical. The 'streets' are journeys towards a safe place. Every 'street' represents a different atmosphere, creates a different environment and reflects a mood or expectation to be found upon reaching the 'dream house'. The method I used to create my work is called sand - casting. It is a technique involving pouring hot glass into a mould made out of special, damp casting sand. It is a fast, free and immediate method of working with glass, requiring a significant physical and energetic involvement of the creator. I have selected this method to create my pieces as it permits a free and unrestricted expression of an idea. Since 1999 Part-time Lecturer Open Studies in Ceramics & Glass at University of Hertfordshire, UK and Since 2005 Visiting Lecturer in Faculty of Art & Design Glass, University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK. Had numerous exhibitions in UK and abroad. My work is widely collected by museums, galleries including Broadfield House Glass Museum Kingswinford, UK, North Lands Creative Glass Lybster, Scotland, UK and BWA Ksiaz, Poland, and many private collections in UK, Ireland, Scotland, USA. My commissioned works include Arts & Business East Awards and Art & Business South East Awards 2007 UK, Down Syndrome Ireland, Forfas Innovation Awards, Ireland Royal Bank of Scotland, Dublin Ireland and various Private commissions in UK and abroad.

 

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