Introduction
Jane Dorner uses colour in glass as a medium for painting in light. She makes free-standing sculptural pieces and wall-mounted structures for modern interior settings.
Jane has developed a technique of her own. She makes an embryo form in pâte de verre. This an ancient technique going back to the Egyptians and revived in the 19th century by art nouveau artists. Jane’s work is entirely in the modern idiom. She ‘paints’ into a mould with finely crushed glass mixed with a binding material to create a paste. This is fired to fuse the glass. It is then removed from the mould, heated up again, picked up on a bubble of hot glass and fired in.
Jane is also in partnership with the photographer Gudawer Kalirai producing framed landscape art photography from details of the glass. These are well suited to corporate environments or the modern home.
Biography
Jane Dorner is a ‘mid-career-change artist’, coming to glass from a career in publishing. She completed an MA in Glass (Distinction) at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey, in 2008.
Awards
2010 Shortlisted for the Award for Best Use of Visual Art in Healthcare
2008 Commended in the Stevens Competition for Architectural Glass awarded by The Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Glass Painters
2006 Winner of the V&A Glass Department Award for the ‘Inspired by…’ competition for part-time adult learners
2005 Winner of the John Davies Memorial Award for decorated glass
Public art
Glass and steel gates for Forge Valley Community School, Sheffield, 2011—in progress
‘Spinal Accord’, 2009, 4.8 x 2.3 metres, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Bolsover Street main reception desk. The metalwork ‘spine’ as made by Brother Matthew Lane Sanderson. Photographic giclée prints of glass details are in the lift lobbies and consulting rooms
‘Ampersand River’, 2006, 2.5 x 1.15 metres, Copyright Licensing Agency reception
Contact details
Website: http://www.janedornerglass.com
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Image Gallery
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Title: Field of flowers
Dimensions: 18x18cm
Media: glass
Description: pâte de verre embryos picked up on a bubble of hot glass
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Title: Tipped egg
Dimensions: 14x18cm
Media: glass
Description: pâte de verre embryos picked up on a bubble of hot glass
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Title: Spinal Accord
Media: glass & steel
Description: detail of RNOH installation
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Title: Spinal Accord
Dimensions: 4.8m x 2.3 m
Media: glass & steel
Description: RNOH main reception desk
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Title: Red striped form
Dimensions: 14x10cm
Media: glass
Description: pâte de verre embryos picked up on a bubble of hot glass