Colour, Form and Light

Fiaz Elson

 Bridging Light, Date, Photo: Esther Segarra

Fiaz Elson trained in fashion and design, fine art and silversmithing before studying glass design gaining a BA Hons degree. She worked with Colin Reid as his senior assistant for four years before setting up her own studio practice. Elson’s glass sculptures are expressive in their form, provoking an emotional and intellectual response. She investigates form and volume to communicate and respond to the material but also to create tension and contradictions. They explore our emotive worlds; experiences and memories that make us who we are. We all have several sides to our personalities and, consciously or
unconsciously, we reveal or keep them hidden. This concept is expressed through the use of curves, angles, line, colour and space.
Constantly Elson has been selected to show at the British Glass Biennale as well as other important exhibitions in the UK and has been selected for several important shows in Europe; representing British Glass makers at the most recent Coburg Glass Prize Germany, Modern Masters in Munich and she was one of twenty five selected makers representing British Glass at the GlazenHuis, Belgium Glass Museum. Elson is a sought-after workshop leader and teacher most recently teaching at the Royal College of Art, UCA at Farnham, Swansea Met and the Cork Sculpture Factory. Her works are in several private and public collections in USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Europe and the UK.
www.fiazelson.com