NEW A 3m high sculpture stands in front of the Wesleyan Insurance building in Birmingham, installed in September 2008. Created from textured 20 mm acrylic and side-lit with waterproof full-colour RGB LEDs.
The three standing forms are further complimented with thick polished stainless steel runners.
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Detail of 'Synergy' – a 10 m high sculpture conceived as a means of celebrating the regeneration of Glassmaking in the Stourbridge area. Manufactured as part of the highly successful programme of events at the International Festival of Glass 2004.
'Synergy' - Royal Brierley Crystal and Tudor Crystal donated time with their workers within the factory. Together with glass students , UK and US Glass artists co-ordinated the manufacture of over 800 separate items to be glued
together within the structure.
Blowzone were commissioned to design manufacture
and install a most prestigious sculptural chandelier in the Atrium of
P+O’s latest Superliner,
‘The Azura ‘
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Commissioned by Argent via Number 9 gallery in Birmingham. The whole sculpture, Ascension, is situated in Building # 4, Brindleyplace, and stands 3m tall .Each angel is hand sculpted by Iestyn from 14 separate gathers taken from the furnace.
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'Ascension' 2 – Produced for the British Glass Biennale 2003. The Angels took over 8 years to perfect. We have a recent photo sequence that can be found
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This public art sculpture was Blowzones' first large scale commission, incorporating 40 hand-sculpted glass hands,
polished stainless steel, fibre optics and water. Installed at the Mailbox in Birmingham.
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The glass hands are hand sculpted by Iestyn in much the same way as the Angels and fish, built up from separate gathers and welded and blended with a powerful hand torch.
A decorative shoal of fish installed at the Radisson, Heathrow. These were all fixed in place on 'invisible' mountings, creating a surreal abstraction to the rest of the interior.
NEW Seed pod chandelier – Created from a unique machined acrylic and side lit with the latest superbright RGB
colour-changing LED strip. Created for a private client with a passion for Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
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One of a kind water feature originally commissioned for Chelsea Flower Show 2003 by the award winning
'Marney hall design Consultancy .Also used at Hampton Court Flower Show 2003.
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The Egg. Hand-sculpted from constructed acrylic, water, air and RGB LEDs. Commissioned by Cancer research UK through Thompson landscapes and Award winning landscape gardeners Erik De Maeijer and Jane Hudson for Chelsea Flower show 2004.
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Blowzone was commission by a top London based interior designer to create a unique mirrored screen and chandelier for a property in Mayfair .The chandelier was made to the clients' design utilizing hand blown optical glass with a layer of applied gold and silver leaf.
The screen took over eight months to develop and involve a process that allows the damask image to be transferred onto an acrylic substrate as an 'antique mirrored' surface on both sides, leaving a perfectly transparent
surface , plain glass, around the design.
Staircase designed by Rigby and Rigby- Glass supplied by Blowzone.
NEW Ceiling in HDF incorporating the latest in LED Task lighting ; commissioned by Rigby and Rigby Property Developers.
Blowzone continue to work in both interior and exterior environments, creating one-off sculptural works, fusing the latest technology with a their distinct aesthetic.
More recent projects have tended to be for the interiors market, creating sculptural lighting for property developers who specialise in high quality architecture, design and construction.
