Stephen Beardsell
Female Form - Poppy Field
£2,500.00
£2,500.00
Glasswork
Poppy Vessel
£450.00
£450.00
Glasswork
Poppy Vessel
£450.00
£450.00
Glasswork
Poppy Pod
£360.00
£360.00
Glasswork
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Stephen Beardsell
‘My main influences come from observations in nature, such as seeds and plants. I am interested in how they grow, evolve and exist,’ Stephen Beardsell
Stephen Beardsell is a graduate of Sunderland University and also achieved a masters’ degree in Glass. Beardsell’s sculptures feature natural subjects such as the human body, as well as poppies, bluebells, silver birches, fungi and the sea. Currently, he works in Sunderland University’s glass department and also as a designer in the National Glass Centre, Sunderland.
Most of Beardsell’s sculptures are layered in vibrant colours and yet allow the natural light through to accentuate their colour. He often carves negative forms into graphite to create individual moulds for medium sized and larger pieces. Beardsell is an experimental artist who utilises many different mediums, such as steel, wood and plaster.
Beardsell’s sculptures have been exhibited at New Designers, Islington, the National Glass Centre, Sunderland and Tynemouth Metro Station Bridge. His imaginative work is attracting national attention right now and has been selected for display in several exciting arenas. In 2006, he was chosen from amongst considerable competition to exhibit in the British Glass Biennale, the largest exhibition of contemporary glass in the UK. He has begun to fashion pieces to be displayed outdoors and has sculptures exhibited at Burghley House Sculpture Garden and the Garden of Surprises.
Balman Gallery feels that Stephen Beardsell is an innovative artist, whose pieces celebrate, recreate and complement the natural world.