Introduction
Born in Sutton Coldfield 1949, I am a freelance glass engraver and designer. I was taught point, drill and copper wheel engraving on glass by Peter Dreiser at Morley College, Lambeth from 1984-7 and continue to explore these techniques at my workshop in Clerkenwell.
Engraving on blown clear lead crystal glass forms overlaid with a thin skin of coloured glass, my work requires close collaboration with other artists who blow the glass for me to my design. Potter Morgan Glass, Carl Nordbruch and Sonja Klingler currently make work for me. After annealing the glass in a kiln, the top surface of the glass form is cut, ground and polished so that when the subsequent engravings on the outside surface are viewed, it is possible to see inside the piece, with all the refractions of the outside repeated on the inner surface, creating an illusion of one body floating inside another.
Wheel engraving on glass does not need to be traditional in style or content. I use traditional techniques, engraving the glass surface with lathe-mounted copper, diamond and stone wheels, preferring the crispness and fine finish associated with these techniques. The inspiration for my work ranges widely from natural history to the modern urban landscape.
I teach short courses in wheel and drill engraving on glass at workshops in the UK (Farnham UAC and West Dean, Chichester), at the Escuela Superior de la Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio at La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia in Spain and at BildWerk Frauenau in Germany. In January 2012, I am teaching a course for all levels in drill and sandblast at West Dean, Chichester in the UK (http://www.westdean.org.uk/college) and wheel, drill and sandblast at Frauenau in Germany in summer 2012, also for all levels (http://www.bild-werk-frauenau.de).
Biography
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Contact details
Work tel: 07976812660
Website: http://www.katharinecoleman.co.uk
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Title: Edo Orange II
Dimensions: 22cm diam
Media: glass
Description: ruby over yellow glass overlaid on clear lead crystal, blown to my design by Neil Wilkin, cut, polished and wheel engraved 2005