Archives: Artists

Designing and casting geometric pieces in different colour combinations and order colour. Seeing how the casting process, changes the patterns and colours.

Public commissions: the foyer window at Linacre College, Synagogue window, Chapel windows at Churchill Hospital, Sobell House in Oxford and St Christopher’s hospice in London, Psychologgy Press HQ windows, Warneford Hospital windows, anniversary windows for Oxford Town Hall, Leiden Town Hall (The Netherlands) and the Stoke Mandeville prayer room window in Aylesbury.Windows for Wakefield building, Downe House, School, Berkshire.Ongoing project with young Mental Health service users for Artscape.

Glass delights me with its colours, textures and versatility. I try to explore and challenge my boundaries by creating intriguing, fascinating and perplexing objects to enchant and amuse; some of which may even have a purpose. I take pleasure in making larger bowls, dishes and panels. Each of these tells a story, either of the context that inspired, or the next stage of my journey through glass.

My work is kiln formed, slumped and coldworked. I am inspired by the natural landscape and seek to capture the colours and fluidity of nature in glass.

I started working with glass in 2009. Two years later I bought my own kiln and was then able to experiment freely – at times to the point of obsession!
I show work in The Cuppola Gallery, Sheffield and in Junction Art Gallery in Woodstock.
I have participated in several Open Art weekends.
In 2014 I had a piece, rock – sand – glass, shown (and sold) in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

Johannes von Stumm works in stone, glass and iron, fusing these materials together to create symbols of a finely balanced and fragile unity. Since seven years he develops figurative work using space and metal.