​Grace Reilly, is a Designer-Artist. Currently, she is completing a BA (Hons) in Fine Art: Glass at the National College of Art and Design, Ireland.  Grace’s artwork focuses on the aesthetic qualities of organic forms and shapes found in nature. Engaging processes of research and drawing she explores the delicacy and fluidity of organic forms to inform her glass work. In the summer of 2016 Grace worked as an artist’s assistant to artist Catherine Lamb in the restoration of Adare Manor stained glass windows. Grace has exhibited her work in Zozimus

 

This body of work Natures Perfection, engaged glass, enameling and mixed media processes to explore the fluidity of movement and purity of form found in nature. Since early childhood I have always been fascinated and enamored by nature’s perfection. The characteristics of nature that inform my work are form, colour and movement, coupled with the delicacy and resilience of nature.

My research centered on developing my understanding of carnivorous plants, specifically the Pitcher Plant, Venus Fly Trap and Sarracenia Flava. The process of making is an essential aspect of my artistic practice. Using methods of drawing and clay modelling I worked to capture the fluidity, delicacy, fragility and movement of these Carnivorous Plants in glass media. Through my artwork I hope to share an appreciation of the perfection that can be found in nature.

 

 

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