More is More
This workshop introduces experimental glass sculpture through casting, coldworking and hot assembly. Students will work in the hot shop, cold shop, and kiln room, using furnaces, annealers, molds and grinding and polishing equipment. Emphasis is placed on material transformation, reuse of discarded glass and embracing imperfection. Students will develop small sculptural works or modular elements assembled into larger forms. The workshop may include group critiques, process demonstrations and discussions around contemporary glass and interdisciplinary sculpture.
Kirsten Vikingstad Hermansson, born in 1988 in Norway, is a sculptor based in Jämshög, Sweden. She studied at The National School of Glass in Orrefors, the Royal Danish Academy at the Design School, Bornholm, and UMPRUM in Prague. Her work explores symbolism related to power and ownership. Through a self-developed process, she combines casting, glass cutting, hot sculpting and the reconstruction of discarded colors from European glass factories. Materials are cast, shaped, broken, reused and assembled into sculptures that form waves of unexpected patterns and color. The works embrace imperfection and highlight the beauty of experimentation. Hermansson creates both autonomous objects and site-specific public works. Her work is held in major collections and she exhibits widely across Europe and North America.
