THREE GLASS WINDOWS

COMMISSION FOR SENTRALEN

Leash, Mended Paths and Two Times are glass window designs made from water cut, mouth blown glass, glued on clear glass and mounted in steel frames. The frames consist of two hinged halves, forming a gate that can be opened into the room.

The three designs can be described as drawings of multiple paper cut-outs. These imagined paper cuts have simple block color designs on each side, the folding and layering of the cuts creating a perceptual weaving effect. Avoiding the dark lead line, which is commonly associated with stained glass, makes visible the subtle variation of the color hues of the glass. The perception of the colors is further altered by the sunlight as it changes throughout the day.

The opacity of the glass is varying between darker, saturated colors in clear glass, and brighter colors in opaque glass, aiming to achieve a balance between looking at the shapes of the image and what is beyond the window in the busy streets outside - or looking in..

Sentralen is a new house of culture located in central Oslo, and opened March 1st 2016. Two buildings, one of which is was Oslo´s first official bank, has been stripped down to their skeletal structures, joined by extensive steel stairs and furnished with the essentials for a flexible office environment. Add to that practice rooms for electric and acoustic music, several concert venues, a dance stage, bar, restaurant and café. Sparebankstiftelsen commissioned 5 artists to make work for Sentralen, allowing the artists to choose the location. The artists are Vanessa Baird, Jan Christensen, Hanne Friis, Camilla Løw and I.

The glass is from Lamberts Glas in Waldsassen, Germany. It was cut by Waterjet Norge AS, assembled by Norsk Kunstglass AS and mounted in steel frames from Bolt Metall AS. Prototyper AS made crates for handling the glass and helped making the prototypes.