Introduction:

Peter Layton's London Glassblowing is a hot glass studio focused on the creation and display of contemporary glass art. The studio has a reputation as one of Europe's leading glassmaking workshops with a particular flair for the use of colour, form and texture.

Peter Layton produces individual pieces of decorative glass in sculptural and functional forms. The work is free blown, permitting a greater degree of involvement and attention to detail than is possible on standardised production and ensuring the individuality of each piece. It is the studio's philosophy that each object should be unique and signed by the artist.

Peter Layton's glass is available through the studio's own Glass Art Gallery in addition to galleries and exhibitions in the UK, Europe and America

Background:

Peter Layton originally trained in ceramics, but the discovery of hot glass was the beginning of a new love affair. He was inspired by the immediacy of this enchanting and elusive medium, as much by the demanding process and the magical and exquisite material. Each piece presents an adventure, and a challenge to control form and colour, while yet allowing the fluidity of the glass to contribute its own qualities and characteristics.

Self taught as a glassmaker, Peter Layton's work is organic and tactile, striving to achieve a form of controlled asymmetry. Series evolve by 'sketching on the blowing iron', in the belief that an understanding of the work is best achieved through making. An inveterate beachcomber, his work is often drawn from some aspect of nature or something observed while travelling.




A great advocate of collaborative working, Peter Layton has over the years acted as a mentor, training and cooperating with many glassmakers, enjoying their creative and artistic involvement within the studio. Each glassmaker brings an appealing freshness to the workshop environment and a particular artistic sensibility to the work. Many have set up their own workshops and become established glassmakers in their own right.
London Glassblowing has played a major role in the development of studio glass in the UK, leading the change from factory dominated production to individually created glass by artists and craftsmen.t


Public Art:

Projects include collaborations with architects and designers for large scale pieces.

Links

Email

peterlayton@thecreativemix.com

Web

London Glassblowing