Darkroom photograms constructed from light, glass sculptures, and hand-cut stencils. Each image reveals itself only in the developer — analogue, irreversible, and unique. Edition of 5. Part of Echoes of Presence, Alliance Française Pretoria, June 2026.
We spend our lives believing the shadows on the wall in our caves are the real thing. We don’t even want to go outside any more. Our attention is the currency. We spend it freely.
A Beast trapped inside a screen. A sculpture revealed after the final polish. Lothar Böttcher on the two questions that drive his practice in glass.
Moya African Glass Network turns one. From the origins of glass art in South Africa to our first Glass Safari and the exhibition Glass Now — African Perspectives, here’s the story of how a community found its voice.
Precious Beasts is an ongoing series of carved sculptural idols, loosely related to prehistoric representations of animals and magical creatures of fantasy.
The United Nations declared 2022 the International Year of Glass. Countless events, and activities across the globe took place throughout the year, celebrating glass in all its glory — from science, sustainability, industry and technology, to art, history and culture.
In his book, Prehistoric European Art (1968), Walter Tobrügge discusses this specific Palaeolithic sculpture, suggesting: “If the work was, indeed, intended so to combine two motifs in a single object, like a puzzle picture, then it supplies evidence that the purpose of most early art was magical.”
Continuing my exploration of digital vs. analogue experienced lives, I have constructed small sculptures as an experiment in phenomenology called Telescreens. These sculptures explore tangible experiences within the digital dystopia of our global lockdown and isolation.
A sluice of possibilities opened at this first international cold workers get-together! Through sharing, doing and conversing we explored the juncture between tradition and craftsmanship, and the freedom to do what you want.
It is truly a proud moment to be recognised on this grand international platform for contemporary glass, to be one of the voices intertwining the world of glass and future, twenty-first century art.