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Introduction:
Laura Johnston established her practice in 1996 and since then has
completed a range of large-scale projects across the UK. The studio
specialises in the development of bespoke tensile glass and steel
structures and glass forms which impact on their environment through
the projection of light and colour. Innovative techniques are explored
in her collaborative approach which links the artist with architects
and engineers. Projects are undertaken for a variety of public and
commercial building environments including hospitals, airports,
shopping centres, leisure centres, offices, libraries and educational
institutions.
Many of Laura Johnston's designs incorporate the use of dichroic
glass. This material has unique optical qualities which result in
constantly shifting hues and intensity of light as the angle of
light or viewpoint changes.
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Projects:
•Dichroic Globe', James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
- a stainless steel wire and glass form, commissioned in 2004 as part
of the Healing Arts Programme for the newly constructed general hospital.
• Etched glass screens installed in the ultrasound clinic waiting
area, North Tees Hospital, Stockton --the screens were installed in
the waiting area to create a heightened sense of light and space.
• Steel and glass sculpture, Corbett Hospital, Dudley - the
sculpture forms a tensile span over the entrance area and is lit to
create dramatic colour projections.
• 'Prismatics', Northern Rock plc headquarters, Newcastle -
a suspended glass and steel sculpture installed in the building's
central atrium.
• 'Flock', Birmingham International Airport - suspended dichroic
glass installation sculpture.
• 'Ocean Dynamics' - WestQuay, Southampton - dichroic glass
sculpture.
• 'Shoal', National Glass Centre, Sunderland - suspended dichroic
glass sculpture
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• Lighting scheme, National Ice Centre, Nottingham.
• Kinetic tensile glass and steel sculpture, Cadence Electronic
Systems, Livingston.
• Stained glass window, Business and Innovation Centre, Sunderland.
• Vertical louvres, Robinson Library, Newcastle University.
• Glass entrance screens, Modern Languages Department, King
Edward VI School, Morpeth.
• 'Sky Blue' - dichroic installation, The Lanes Centre, Carlisle.
• 'Spectra' - dichroic glass and steel sculpture, North Wales
Cancer Treatment Centre.
• 'Aurora' - light installation, Middlesbrough town centre
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