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Gavin Marshall graduated from Sunderland University in 1999, gaining a BA Hons in Glass & Ceramics, where he also received the Award of Excellence in Architectural Glass. The University of Sunderland’s Glass, Architectural Glass and Ceramics Departments are all located at the National Glass Centre, which is itself a unique venture dedicated to promoting glass in all its uses; in design and technology and as a vehicle for artistic expression - reflecting on the strong history of glass in the region, yet supporting and encouraging contemporary glass artists as they take the skills and techniques forward into the 21st century.
“I try to keep my designs as simple as possible. I use textures of everyday materials or objects to create moulds for slumping the glass over. I base a lot of my wall sculptures on movement, whether it’s the flow of water or a flock of migrating birds. Glass is a liquid and I try to use the inherent strengths that the material possesses”.
“Glass has many guises; it can perform, it can please and it can solve many solutions. It is a material familiar to most people on an everyday basis and has been used for thousands of years by ancient cultures and civilisations for its aesthetic beauty and unique qualities”.