RACHAEL DURKAN - KILN FORMED GLASS
Having completed a Fine Art degree in the 90’s, specialising in sculpture and printmaking, Rachael’s path led her into computer aided Art and Design, working in the website design industry for many years. She has now returned to her passion as an artist.
Rachael’s work draws inspiration from the intricate structural patterns found in nature which govern their growth and determine their final shape. Exploring the organic shapes and patterns found in microscopic plant cells, her work is formed intuitively, from many pieces of glass, repeating, expanding, to create a flowing form, reflecting the movement of organic growth.
Fascinated by the complexity of working with glass, Rachael is currently exploring the alchemy of chemical reactions within the glass fusing process.
Instagram: @rachael.durkan.glass
Plant Cell #1
30cm Diameter / Stand or Wall Mounted
Tree Cell #1
30cm Diameter / Stand or Wall Mounted
Plant Cell #3
16cm Diameter / Shallow slump
Plant Cell #2
16cm Diameter / Shallow slump
Plant Cell #4
16cm Diameter / Shallow slump
Plant Cell #5
16cm Diameter / Shallow slump
Tree Cell #3 – SOLD
16cm Diameter / Deep slump with rounded base
Plant Cell #6
30cm Diameter / Stand or Wall Mounted
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Prior Gallery, UK Glass Art Collective, ‘Nature in Glass’
October 3rd – 15th 2024
Philadelphia Street, Bristol BS1 3BZ
Black Swan Arts, ‘Open 24’
July 27th – September 15th
Black Swan Arts, ‘Open 24’ 2 Bridge Street, Frome, BA11 1BB
UK Glass Art Collective, ‘Nature in Glass’
March 13th – 24th 2024
CAN HQ, Memorial Square,Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3TU
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, ‘Showcases’
January 13th – March 19th 2024
Elmfield House, Dowell Street, Honiton, Devon, EX14 1LX
2023
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, ‘Present Makers’
November 2023
Elmfield House, Dowell Street, Honiton, Devon, EX14 1LX
Prior Gallery, ‘New Beginnings’
February 2023
Philadelphia Street, Bristol BS1 3BZ