Member - Karen Akester details
Member Details
| First Name | Karen |
| Last Name | Akester |
| Job Title / Occupation | Artist/Tutor |
| Short Profile | In trying to capture remnants of the past I am dealing with fragile material, attempting to replace an idea with something tangible. I have been extensively collecting old memorabilia, clothes shoes and family photographs, all in various states of disrepair. Exploiting the rich textures and decaying materials and with an element of the half remembered, I can narrate my own stories transforming these discarded objects into meaningful and coherent ideas. |
| karenakester@yahoo.co.uk | |
| Website Address | www.karenakester.com |
Member Profile
| Glass Profile | Working with the lost wax process of glass casting I produce clay models these are developed in wax before casting them in glass. Taking impressions from the cothes I replicate these using the pates de verre process. |
| Exhibitions | My work can be seen at: .Remarkable Glass 18th June - 17th July in association with the CGS Location: Contemporary Applied Arts, London. www.caa.org.uk .Collect 2010 14thMay-17th May In association with the Bullseye Gallery. Location: Saatchi Gallery London. www.bullseyegallery.com New Publication: Contemporary Kiln formed glass. A world Survey of Glass. author: Keith Cummings. |
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| Profile Image Title | 'Only 2 can play' (2010) |
| Profile Image Credit | artists own |
Techniques
Casting
Cold Work
Engraving
Kiln work
Work Details
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| Work 2 Image Title | Butterfly Dress (skirt/wallpaper detail) |
| Work 2 Image Credit | artists own. |
| Work 3 Title | Butterlfy Dress |
| Work 3 Description | Pates de verre, fused slumped dress. Pates de verre, fused wallpaper panel. *part of a series. |
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| Work 3 Image Credit | artists own. |