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Made in London Award 2014
Our Made In London series champions skilled designer-makers.
A crackle of fine fissures – redolent of caramelised sugar – bleeds across glass artist Yorgos Papadopoulos’s one-off artworks. “Glass is my canvas, hammers are my brushes,” he explains. He is firmly in control of his idiosyncratic technique: “I know how to break the glass and when to ...
‘Three Surprising Facts about Glass-Breaking Artist’
Yorgos Papadopoulos treats and colors huge, industrial sheets of glass by hand. He uses hammers to carefully smash the glass, occasionally running an electrical current through it.
“Hammers are my brushes,” says Papadopoulos.
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Residency under AA2A in National Glass Centre, Sunderland
During academic year 2013-14 Yorgos has been offered a residency at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland under the AA2A scheme. During his time in Sunderland Yorgos has been experimenting with bending and breaking of glass and with laser cutting. But the NGC also offered Yorgos an opportunity to go back to his first artistic ...
‘Ganesha’ raises money for Great Ormond Street
Ganesha, revered as the remover of obstacles in both Hindu and Buddhist traditions, came to be a source of inspiration for Yorgos Papadopoulos during his two year ‘retreat’ in Andalucia. The piece, he holds dear, was recently donated to The Geeta Mehta Brighter Future Fund and raised thousands of pounds in aid of the Great ...
Design Days Dubai
The Crafts Council, operating as the British Crafts Council within an international context, will take a group of contemporary craft makers, gallery owners and educators to the design fair – Design Days Dubai – from 18-21 March 2013.
The Crafts Council supports the creative and commercial growth of individual craft makers, galleries and craft organisations from ...
Honourable Guest Artist at International Glass Art Symposium
Yorgos Papadopoulos has been invited as honourable guest at the CAMGERAN 2010 International Glass Art Symposium organised by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Anadolu University in Eshkimir, Turkey.