Patterned Panel
One of the highlights of our educational trip was a visit to the Derix Studio just outside Wiesbaden.
Here the highly skilled team of craftsmen translate the designs of numerous German and international artists into completed stained glass windows (unlike in the UK where most of us tend to translate our own designs into glass, in Germany the artist usually delegates to a highly professional team who works under their specifications, partly as a result of the much greater percentage of new commissions in glass, both ecclesiastical and increasingly in the secular market, an approach largely ignored in the UK).
Touring the studio enabled us to witness the team in action creating contemporary architectural artworks in various stages. It was also here we were able to meet the renowned artist Johannes Schreiter who gave a talk on his work.
Patterned Panel
One of the highlights of our educational trip was a visit to the Derix Studio just outside Wiesbaden.
Here the highly skilled team of craftsmen translate the designs of numerous German and international artists into completed stained glass windows (unlike in the UK where most of us tend to translate our own designs into glass, in Germany the artist usually delegates to a highly professional team who works under their specifications, partly as a result of the much greater percentage of new commissions in glass, both ecclesiastical and increasingly in the secular market, an approach largely ignored in the UK).
Touring the studio enabled us to witness the team in action creating contemporary architectural artworks in various stages. It was also here we were able to meet the renowned artist Johannes Schreiter who gave a talk on his work.