Andrea Spencer works in glass and mixed media to create delicate sculptural objects and installation-based work. Bringing together two distinct strands that have historically defined the medium of flame-worked glass, her pieces unite the aesthetics of both found objects (scientific apparatus) and created objects that have been inspired by the environment of the north Antrim coast of Ireland. The narrative running through the work engages ancient Greek myths, poetry, shipwrecks and folk tales drawn from the sea. Through the visual tension created between utilitarian functionality of laboratory wares and the organic growths that have colonised and inhabited them, Spencer aspires to illuminate our mutuality with the earth, observing the boundaries where human nature and the natural world fuse together.
Contact
35 Lagavara Road
Ballintoy
Co. Antrim
Northern Ireland UK
+44 (0)7751 224 855
@aspencerglass