Meet Dr Heike Brachlow
Heike Brachlow's acutely balanced glass sculptures invite physical engagement, their colours and optical phenomena inviting play. During her PhD research, she explored how colour, form, and light interact within solid transparent glass, leading her to produce her own nuanced glass palette using metal oxides.
Brachlow's personal polychromatic colours subtly shift under different lighting conditions, reflecting her attraction to movement and transformation in colour and form. "My work explores transparent colour's interaction with glass form and light," she explains. "I aim for transformative forms impacted by thick-thin variations, curves, angles, and surface finishes."
The sculptures' lack of defined bases allows for multiple perspectives and placements, moving effortlessly with the slightest touch. Brachlow's works engage the viewer's senses, their vibrant metamorphosis echoing the artist's investigative, experimental approach.