文档介绍:PROF. RONALD PENNELL
Patterns of Life
Engraved blown glass
19cm x 25cm
PROF. RONALD PENNELL
My engravings take an ironic and slightly I engrave directly onto glass using a fixed head
homourous view of the human condition lathe and diamond wheels; the designs evolve
based upon events taken from English country spontaneously without reference to prior drawings.
life or European and World Myths. I find poetry
inspirational, especially the works of Heinrich Heine,
Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney and Jeremy Hooker.
SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
2001 Honorary Professor of Glass at University of Wolverhampton
1997 - 2000 Visiting Professor of Glass at University of Wolverhampton
1974 - 1975 Lectures at Stourbridge College and Wolverhampton Polytechnic
1959 - 1964 Lecturer at Birmingham College of Art
Established Studio in Herefordshire
AWARDS
1999 Dominik Binman Gold Medal, Czech Republic
1995 Lynggaard Prize 1st Kanazawa Glass Triennale, Japan
EXHIBITIONS
1999 - 2000 Retrospective; ‘Modern Myths’, The Art of Ronald Pennell, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
The National Glass Centre, Sunderla