Andrea Walsh
Andrea Walsh is an artist based in East Lothian. She studied fine art before completing a masters degree in glass at ECA, and set up her studio in 2005.
Walsh's work explores a range of materials including ceramics, glass and metal, to create exquisitely crafted, timeless and unique pieces. Her work is included in private and public collections worldwide, these include the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh. She was also a finalist in the 2019 Loewe Craft Prize and the Woman's Hour Craft Prize 2017.
Her current exhibition brings together new wall sculpture and works on paper in a new installation. Exploring the inherent characteristics of glass, and the movement that occurs as the material becomes fluid with heat, this new work captures its natural behaviour and formations, harnessed within soft and tactile shapes. Beginning with glass in flat sheet form, the pieces have become three dimensional through considered fusing, layering and placement in the kiln, where they have developed into objects on an intimate scale. The surface of the glass reveals the memory of different individual elements joining and overlapping to produce new forms. These subtle traces are veiled across, or form impressions within the glass, and some are accentuated by a lacquer-like coating of precious metal which highlights the nuanced and unique qualities of each piece.
Concurrently Andrea visited The Cold Press print studio to explore making two dimensional work in an intaglio medium. Experimenting with relief plates, Walsh’s distinct glass work found a planar equivalent in a unique series of blind prints.
For further details contact gallery@thecoldpress.com
Andrea Walsh Wall Piece 2022 Translucent White & Cream glass, burnished gold 6.25 x 5 cm
Wall Piece 2022 Clear & White Glass, Burnished Silver 7 x 8 cm
Wall Piece 2022 Clear Glass, Burnished Gold 6.5 x 7.5 cm
Wall Piece 2022 Cream & Translucent White Glass 10 x 16.25 cm
Pair/Wall Piece 2022 Warm White & Translucent White Glass/Warm White & Yellow Glass, Burnished Gold 7 x 7.5 cm/7.25 x 7.5 cm
#8 2022 Blind print Somerset Soft White 28 x 37.5 cm (AWM8)
#7 2022 Blind print Somerset Soft White 28 x 37.5 cm (AWM7)
Andrea Walsh —
Andrea Walsh is an artist based in East Lothian. She studied fine art before completing a masters degree in glass at ECA, and set up her studio in 2005.
Walsh's work explores a range of materials including ceramics, glass and metal, to create exquisitely crafted, timeless and unique pieces. Her work is included in private and public collections worldwide, these include the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh. She was also a finalist in the 2019 Loewe Craft Prize and the Woman's Hour Craft Prize 2017.
Her current exhibition brings together new wall sculpture and works on paper in a new installation. Exploring the inherent characteristics of glass, and the movement that occurs as the material becomes fluid with heat, this new work captures its natural behaviour and formations, harnessed within soft and tactile shapes. Beginning with glass in flat sheet form, the pieces have become three dimensional through considered fusing, layering and placement in the kiln, where they have developed into objects on an intimate scale. The surface of the glass reveals the memory of different individual elements joining and overlapping to produce new forms. These subtle traces are veiled across, or form impressions within the glass, and some are accentuated by a lacquer-like coating of precious metal which highlights the nuanced and unique qualities of each piece.
Concurrently Andrea visited The Cold Press print studio to explore making two dimensional work in an intaglio medium. Experimenting with relief plates, Walsh’s distinct glass work found a planar equivalent in a unique series of blind prints.
For further details contact gallery@thecoldpress.com
Andrea Walsh Wall Piece 2022 Translucent White & Cream glass, burnished gold 6.25 x 5 cm
Wall Piece 2022 Clear & White Glass, Burnished Silver 7 x 8 cm
Wall Piece 2022 Clear Glass, Burnished Gold 6.5 x 7.5 cm
Wall Piece 2022 Cream & Translucent White Glass 10 x 16.25 cm
Pair/Wall Piece 2022 Warm White & Translucent White Glass/Warm White & Yellow Glass, Burnished Gold 7 x 7.5 cm/7.25 x 7.5 cm
#8 2022 Blind print Somerset Soft White 28 x 37.5 cm (AWM8)
#7 2022 Blind print Somerset Soft White 28 x 37.5 cm (AWM7)