Gallery Artists

Elin Isaksson

Elin Isaksson

Elin originates from Sweden, where her studies at Orrefors Glass School in 1998 sparked her passion for blown glass making. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art in 2001 after spending time assisting three glass blowers in Gothenburg and completed her BA (Hons) and her Masters in Glass & Architectural Glass Design, whilst also working with Lindean Mills Glass, at Galashiels.

"Glass reflects atmospheres and emotions. I feel making glass is a way of accessing a world increasingly excluded from our everyday life. For me working with hot glass is a privilege. I enjoy the quick decision-making process and the fluid temperament of the material with its challenges to shape it exactly the way you want“
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The artist takes her inspiration from the play in nature and light, texture and movement. Forms bend and twist organically as in nature. The objects are not necessarily a descriptive picture of the natural world, but through the elastic, tactile abstraction they relate to and represent the environment."