- Lucy Alexandra Batt
- Work
| Lucy set up her own glass studio in 2004 after completing her postgraduate degree in Glass and Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art, London. Lucy’s signature works are intricately deep-carved vessels, embellished with intimate floral patterns. Her images glide over the surface of the glass, cutting through one layer of glass to another, revealing hidden colours shining from below the surface. In her work Lucy strives to breech the void between fine art objects and functional pieces for interiors, as she combines the visual delicacy of intricate patterns with the solidity and practicality of glass vessels. Often beginning the creative process with abstract photography, she transforms her images into a larger scale, making luxuriously textured or coloured kiln-formed glass or intricately detailed etched, printed and sandblasted glass. Lucy has recently been working with the Aaronson Noon Glass Studio to expand her work into hot glass. “I am drawn to glass as a material because of its unique characteristics. There are endless ways to form and decorate glass, so its creative potentials are vast. Yet it is also a material that had been used for centuries for creating vessels for practical use. I like the idea that the ‘works of art’ that we have in our homes can also be functional objects that we can handle freely. A material with the tactile qualities of glass should be enjoyed by the owner’s hands.” Lucy has had number of exhibitions in the UK and was chosen by the Crafts Council for the prestigious ‘One Year On’ show in 2005. Exhibitions 2010 'Deep Surface', ZeST Gallery, London 'TP3+3 Presents ERA'. Touring exhibition 2009 'Glass In The Window II', The Craft Centre & Design Gallery, City Art Gallery, Leeds 'Contemporary Vintage'. Solo exhibition, Model House Gallery, Wales 2008 'Through Glass Walls', ZeST Gallery, London 'Behemia, RSBA Gallery, Birmingham 'Home', Gallery Top, Derbyshire 2007 'Teepee Glass', SE1 Gallery, London. ‘Bowls of St Martins’, Zest Gallery, London 2005 ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Chelsea Gallery, London ‘One Year On’ at New Designers in association with the Crafts Council, Business Design Centre, London. 2004 ‘Upper Glass @ Chelsea’, Chelsea Gallery, London. ‘Glass Laptops Exposed’, Eyon, Camden, London. ‘Glass and Fine Art’, The Cochrane Gallery, Holborn WC1 ‘Fine Art Expose at Esprit, 2004’, Esprit De Vie, Westerham, Kent. Fairs 2010 ART LONDON represented by ZeST Gallery. 2009 ORIGIN - Crafts Council SOFA New York represent by ZeST Gallery. 2008 FORM London represented by ZeST Gallery. SOFA New York represent by ZeST Gallery. FORM London represented by ZeST Gallery. 2007 SOFA Chicago represent by ZeST Gallery. Collections Collection of Bullseye Glass Co., Portland, OR, USA Commissions Launceston Place, Kensington, London Awards and Prizes 2005 Shortlisted for The Crafts Council’s ‘One year On’ Brifa Award 2003 Third Prize Winner, Stevens Glass Competition. Publications Evening Standard, Interiors Feature 'Outstanding graduates 2003.' |