Richard Jackson

(b. 1959) United Kingdom
Using predominately clear cast glass, Jackson uses cutting and sandblasting to create pieces that radiate a sense of fragility, light and tranquillity. A modern take on classical forms.

His sculptures are inspired both by his personal
experiences and events of broader political and global significance. He explores the world and the human
condition, creating abstract sculptures of issues such as communication, truth and deception, the perfect and imperfect, harmony and conflict.

Each piece, characterised by highly polished surfaces, changes of plane, curves and razor sharp edges, is developed and refined over a number of weeks. He then carves marks into the glass. “For me, this is the
breathing of life and feeling into an object,“ he explains. This intuitive and supremely confident final stage gives the glass an entirely different quality. The combination of channels and hollows, with their texture and rough edges, results sometimes in harmony, sometimes in
conflict.