"Abstract and asymmetrical best describe my design style and better late than never is how I feel about becoming a glass artist at an age when many people are retiring. A life time of observing, enjoying and thinking about art and design has given me a rich store of images and ideas that are now finding expression in fused glass bowls, platters, serving pieces, lighting and sculptures. Some are vibrant and iridescent, others quite subtle, but all exploit those most wonderful qualities of glass – translucence and luminosity.
Inspiration comes from painting, sculpture, architecture, design, fashion, jewellery -- almost anywhere I see something that I think could work in glass. I am particularly drawn to both mid-century modern and Japanese design, and artists that have had a significant influence on my design sensibility include Malevich, Ben Nicholson and Tapies."
Lynn Foster
2015 | Sculpture, Thinking and Making; Mary Ward Centre, London |
2014 | Advanced Glass Workshop, WAES, London |
2011-2013 | Glass Fusion Courses, Mary Ward Centre, London |
1998-2009 | Courses in ceramics and sculpture, Adult Education Centres, Colchester |
2015
Society of Designer Craftsmen Christmas Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, December
Cockpit Arts Christmas Open Studios, London, November
Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, London, November
Sentinel Gallery, Wivenhoe, Essex, November/December
Galerie-rosenhauer, Göttingen, Germany, November/December
Handmade at Kew, Kew Gardens, London, October
Autumn Exhibition, Geedon Gallery, Fingringhoe, Essex, October/November
Material Consequences, Craft Central Gallery, London, September
Backyard Artists, Rowhedge, Essex, June
Cockpit Arts Spring Open Studios, London Craft Week, May
Sentinel Gallery, Wivenhoe, Essex, Opening Exhibition, March/April
Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, Essex, Modern British Artists, March/April
Society of Designer Craftsmen Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, January
Firstsite Gallery Shop, Colchester, Essex, ongoing
2014
Cockpit Arts Christmas Open Studios, London November 2014
Handmade in Britain at Chelsea Town Hall, London November 2014
Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, London October 2014
The Old Rectory Biennale Exhibition, Fairstead, Essex, October 2014
Firstsite Gallery shop, Colchester, Essex, ongoing
Backyard Artists 21st Anniversary Exhibition, Rowhedge, Essex, June
Perspectives, WAES Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, June
Thompson’s Gallery, Marleybone, London, March/April
Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, March/April
Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, Essex, Modern British Artists and Summer Show
2013
Angel Christmas Fair, Candid Arts, Islington, London, December
Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Islington, London, October
Ladak Gallery, Sheen, London
Licentiate Member – Society of Designer Craftsmen
Selected for the Incubator Programme – Cockpit Arts
Contemporary Glass Society
Colchester Art Society
Planning Committee, Collectors Group, Firstsite, Colchester
Special Mention, Glass category: Perspectives Exhibition at the Mall Galleries
DesignGap
Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester, Associate Member
Member, Suffolk Craft Society