The Artist
Ray Bradley, Self Portrait
Southampton University, UK
Ray Bradley is the primary partner working with this medium and has completed many commissions, for public, private, religious and secular buildings in this country and overseas.
“I work with glass almost exclusively in relation to situation, as a medium and art form with an interdependent relationship with architecture and the built environment."
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With Stained Glass my preoccupation, rather than painting pictures in glass, has been to orchestrate the intrinsically interesting potential of the medium to create relevant visual concepts in relation to context. To communicate Ideas, but also to interrelate and provide focus or connect areas within a building space, modulate the quality of light and hopefully add to the perception of ‘Place’.
There are times however when the qualities and techniques of the medium can be used on a smaller scale to produce simple decorative elements or fulfil expectations.To create imagery and personalised requests which can be rewarding to accomplish and provide pleasure to the commissioner.
Examples of both approaches are included on this site.
