Henry Richardson MRSS

Richardson has developed a unique technique of sculpting in the quintessentially modern medium of plate glass. He combines traditional tools of stone sculpting with technological innovations in bonding glass, hand cutting, hand chiseling, and carefully sanding individual sections of glass which he welds into complex constructions with acrylic polymers and ultraviolet light. The resulting forms appear light and ethereal despite their mass. The chiseled edges both reflect and refract the ambient light, interacting with the interior planes of the work as well as the environment, the static form constantly at play, shifting and changing in response to the viewer's viewpoint and the surrounding light. This subtle animation invites contemplation, like fire, or clouds, or water.