Heaps of art talent on show at seafront
Artists will be taking on a challenge at Sunderland seafront this weekend.
University of Sunderland students and graduates will join glass artist Matt Durran, on Saturday, for the Sunderland Glass Heap Challenge, bringing together recycling and art.
The Glass Heap Challenge takes place between 1pm and 3pm at the Roker Pods on Marine Walk. This free event will give passersby the chance to watch artists explore the creative potential of salvaged glass and clay from National Glass Centre.
Helen Pailing, who is studyingforherPhDinGlass and Ceramics, is leading the project and will be joined by 15 other glass and ceramics students, staff as well as industry professionals.
She said: “There is often excess material produced when working with glass and clay, and we’re keen to show what can be made out of these remnants.”
Helen will be speaking at the Roker Pier Symposium, organised by Senior Lecture in Glass and Ceramics Inge Panneels, at the National Glass Centre tomorrow, ahead of the Glass Heap Challenge, in which she’ll discuss her research into Recrafting Waste.
The idea of the Glass Heap Challenge, as conceived by Matt Durran, is to challenge the creativity of artists, designers and glass protagonists to find and demonstrate unique, creative and inspiring works which show ways to utilize stockpiled waste glass.