Lot: 06
Artist: Peter Layton - London Glassblowing Workshop
Title: Ariel - large V-form
Medium: hand blown cased glass
Size: approximately 34cm
Price range of artists similar works: £250 - £800
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About the Artist:
Important dates
1960-62
Bradford College of Art, England
1962-65
Central School of Art and Design, London
1972-80
Lecturer: Various Art Colleges in USA and Britain
1976 Opened the London Glassblowing Workshop
1984 Established Peter Layton and Associates Limited
1996
Publication of “Glass Art” by Peter Layton
2001
The Workshop is 25 years old, one of the oldest
glassblowing studios in Europe
2002
Awarded honorary life membership of the Contemporary
Glass Society
Launched two websites www.londonglassblowing.co.uk and
2003
Received Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University
of Bradford
2006
Publication of “Peter Layton & Friends “
2006
The Workshop celebrates its’ 30th anniversary
2008
Became Honorary Liveryman of the Worshipful Company
of Glass Sellers
Public Collections
Turner Museum of Glass, Sheffield, UK
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Liverpool Museum
Castle Museum, Nottingham
National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Broadfield House Glass Museum
Gus Knrvstainy Glass Museum, Russia
International Glass Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Glasgow Museum
Norwich Museum and Art Gallery
Walker Art Museum
Major Commissions Include
Lighting feature, John Lewis Store, Liverpool, UK, 2008
Niche sculptures for Queen Victoria luxury cruise ship, 2007
Gateway to Yorkshire, competition shortlisted proposal finalist, 2007
Synergy, Mayer Brown Rowe&Maw, suspended entrance foyer
stairwell sculpture, 2006
Sentinel, Private commission,(niche pieces) 2006
Axios, Apex Plaza, Reading (suspended sculpture) 2004
Celebrity Cruises “Constellation” (Sculpture) 2002
Celebrity Cruises, “Summit”, (Sculpture) 2001
Celebrity Cruises, “Infinity”, (Sculpture)
Celebrity Cruises, “Radiance of the Seas”, (Sculpture)
Celebrity Cruises, “Millennium 1”, (Sculpture)
Princess Lines, “Sea Princess”, (Sculpture)
RCCL “Vision of the Seas” and “Legends of the Seas” (Sculpture)
P & O, “Dawn Princess” and “Sun Princess”, (Sculpture)
Savoy theatre (Lighting)
Water Sculpture, private collection
London Docklands Development Corporation Awards