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Jackson Fawkes Glass Art Studio

The Jackson Fawkes glass art studio occupies part of Stafford Mill, a 250 year old historic landmark in Stroud’s ‘Golden Valley’, an area of outstanding natural beauty in the Cotswolds, England, UK.

Dedicated to creating unique glass sculptures their glass art studio is large and well equipped, enabling them to take on projects of varying scale and continue to be experimental when ideas demand.

Making their own work Sally Fawkes and Richard Jackson have a highly knowledgable and intimate relationship with glass which is reflected in the facilities that they have built up over the years, from several large kilns of different types and sizes for kiln forming glass to areas for original model and mould making in various materials to extensive tooling to sculpt and cold work glass.
Richard Jackson and Sally Fawkes set up their first glass art studio in 2000, and moved to the present site in 2005.

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Stressed glass looks lovely when seen through a polariscope but is a glassmakers nightmare, hidden from the naked eye! These samples show the difference between a fine annealed piece of glass (left) and a ‘stressed’ piece of glass (not annealed properly) (right). The large amount of residual stress would most likely cause the glass to crack or shatter at some point in time and it could happen at any time. These examples are @kglakademi_glass_and_cerseen through the university’s polariscope. A polarised light beam passes through the transparent glass and reveals the residual stress in the glass after cooling. A good exercise for the students to see whether they are annealing their glass properly!
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Stressed glass looks lovely when seen through a polariscope but is a glassmakers nightmare, hidden from the naked eye! These samples show the difference between a fine annealed piece of glass (left) and a ‘stressed’ piece of glass (not annealed properly) (right). The large amount of residual stress would most likely cause the glass to crack or shatter at some point in time and it could happen at any time. These examples are @kglakademi_glass_and_cerseen through the university’s polariscope. A polarised light beam passes through the transparent glass and reveals the residual stress in the glass after cooling. A good exercise for the students to see whether they are annealing their glass properly! • #glassschool #glassmaking #glassmaker #polariscope #nightmare #stressedglass #stressed #lookslovely #hiddenfromthenakedeye #glas #glass #crack #lightbeam #polarised #annealing #goodexercise

Saturday playtime… giving time to feeding the creative process in the studio today… letting the mind wander and wonder… getting sketchbooks out, doing new drawings, making models… can’t really think of a better way to spend the day. 😁 well that’s me (Sally) Richard is sawing glass again!
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#theday #today #creativeprocess #inthestudio #artistatwork #wanderandwonder #loveyourwork #atworktoday #saturdayatwork #playtime #themind #newdrawings #making #models #sketchbooks #sallyfawkes #sallyfawkesglass #jacksonfawkesglass

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Saturday playtime… giving time to feeding the creative process in the studio today… letting the mind wander and wonder… getting sketchbooks out, doing new drawings, making models… can’t really think of a better way to spend the day. 😁 well that’s me (Sally) Richard is sawing glass again! • #theday #today #creativeprocess #inthestudio #artistatwork #wanderandwonder #loveyourwork #atworktoday #saturdayatwork #playtime #themind #newdrawings #making #models #sketchbooks #sallyfawkes #sallyfawkesglass #jacksonfawkesglass

In the studio making a model in clay today for a fairly large new piece of work for a big Sally and Richard joint exhibition opening later this year. I LOVE this stage of the creative process. Can’t wait to see the finished sculpture in glass… going to be some time yet though!
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#sallyfawkes #sallyfawkesglass #new #newpiece #newwork #model #claymodel #jointexhibition #process #creativeprocess #loveyourwork #inthestudiotoday #sculpture #glasssculpture #contemporarycraft #cantwait #contemporaryglass #contemporarycraft #fairlylarge

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In the studio making a model in clay today for a fairly large new piece of work for a big Sally and Richard joint exhibition opening later this year. I LOVE this stage of the creative process. Can’t wait to see the finished sculpture in glass… going to be some time yet though! • #sallyfawkes #sallyfawkesglass #new #newpiece #newwork #model #claymodel #jointexhibition #process #creativeprocess #loveyourwork #inthestudiotoday #sculpture #glasssculpture #contemporarycraft #cantwait #contemporaryglass #contemporarycraft #fairlylarge

COLLECT preview is under way.
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#collectibles #collectart #richardjacksonglass #richardjackson #glassart #glasssculpture #londonartfair

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COLLECT preview is under way. • #collectibles #collectart #richardjacksonglass #richardjackson #glassart #glasssculpture #londonartfair

WITHIN V by Richard is on show in the gallery @londonglassblowing until 1 April. GATHER presents museum quality work and coincides with @collectartfair at Somerset House.
Within V is a unique creation in a transparent green optical glass and sculpted by the artist himself.
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Music : Albinoni - Adagio for Organ & Strings in g minor : The Modena Chamber Orchestra : www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
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WITHIN V by Richard is on show in the gallery @londonglassblowing until 1 April. GATHER presents museum quality work and coincides with @collectartfair at Somerset House. Within V is a unique creation in a transparent green optical glass and sculpted by the artist himself. • Music : Albinoni - Adagio for Organ & Strings in g minor : The Modena Chamber Orchestra : www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ • #richardjackson #richardjacksonglass #glasssculpture #museumquality #londonexhibition #artistmade #green #greenglass #optical #opticalglass #glass #glasssculpture #created #sculpture #unique #creation #collect #glasslovers #glasscollector #within

OBSERVING ETERNITY III, a new optical glass sculpture by Richard will be @collectartfair next week on @londonglassblowing stand. 3-5 March
Music by @musoscientific - thank you for allowing use of your incredible music.
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#richardjackson #richardjacksonglass #glasssculpture #glass #glassartcollector #londonartfair #contemporarycraft #new #artistmade #sculpture #glassart #glassartwork #opticalglasses

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OBSERVING ETERNITY III, a new optical glass sculpture by Richard will be @collectartfair next week on @londonglassblowing stand. 3-5 March Music by @musoscientific - thank you for allowing use of your incredible music. • #richardjackson #richardjacksonglass #glasssculpture #glass #glassartcollector #londonartfair #contemporarycraft #new #artistmade #sculpture #glassart #glassartwork #opticalglasses
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