Paul Stopler is an artist practicing lost-wax glass casting. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2011, before joining Bristol’s Maze Studios in 2012.
His primary fascination is with the craft of lathe-turning waxes to produce unique cast-glass vessels. The work explores the dialogue between inner and outer surfaces; deeply cut exteriors projecting their changing mass onto internal cores and cut interiors illuminating the vessels exterior with graduating tones and light accents.
For each piece a single colour is chosen for its potential to transmit a range of hues as the colour saturation changes. The vessels are ground and polished to a satin finish, facilitating a soft interior view of light and colour within the glass. Rims are polished to a reflective finish for contrast.
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
27 February – 1 March 2020 Collect with Vessel Gallery, Somerset House, London
Previous Exhibitions
7 November – 24 December 2019 New British Glass, New British Glass Vessel Gallery, London https://www.vesselgallery.com/event-details/48650
23 August – 28 September 2019 The British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge
22 Feb – 25 Feb 2018 Collect with Vessel Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London
21 – 24 September 2017 Tresor-Contemporary Craft with Vessel Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
25 August – 9 September 2017 The British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge
16 – 18 June 2017 Glass Glamour, Quenington Old Rectory, Quenington, Gloucestershire
18 March – 21 May 2017 Water and Music, Pyramid Gallery, York
14 Jan – 25 Feb 2017 New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2 Feb – 6 Feb 2017 Collect with Vessel Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London
16 Sept – 8 Oct 2016 Black to White & Back Again, London Glassblowing
5 July – 5 Aug 2016 Acts of Precision, Vessel Gallery, London
2016 New Makers Showcase, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2016 The Heat is On, Bruntnell-Astley, The New National Glass Museum, Stourbridge
2015 Dutch Design Week, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, Holland, Inside Out Glass Studios
2013 Rising Stars, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2013 Get Fresh, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
2012 Glasshaus VII, Parndon Mill Gallery, Harlow
2011 Calken Gallery at Bloomsbury Art Fair, London
2011 London Design Festival, Mint Explores at Mint Shop, London
2011 New Designers, Business Design Centre, London
2011 The Show, MA Graduate Show, Royal College of Art, London
2011 Graduates and Antiquarians, Calken Gallery, London
2010 Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London
2010 Remarkable Glass, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2010 Out of Practice, site-specific works, Siobhan Davies Dance Studios, London
2010 Green Christmas, Smiths Row, Bury St.Edmunds
2009 New Beginnings, S.D.C. Gallery, London
2009 New Designers, Business Design Centre, London
2009 Degree Show, UCA, Farnham
Education
2009 – 11 MA Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art, London
2005 – 09 BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design (Glass), UCA. Farnham, Surrey
2000 – 06 Advanced kiln-formed glass, WAES London
1982 – 84 Fine Art, Painting, Bath Academy of Art, Corsham
1981 – 82 Foundation, art and design. Central School of Art and Design, London
Competitions and Awards
2017 British Glass Biennale, Glass Sellers of London Arts and Crafts Award, Runner Up
2013 Hothouse 3: South West Cohort, Crafts Council Collective
2009 The Business Design Centre, New Designer Of The Year, Runner Up
Publications
2017 ‘British Glass Biennale’, p 77
2017 ‘Why glass art is suddenly experiencing a renaissance’ Josh Sims http://robbreport.com.sg/2017/02/18/glass-art/
2015 At the 2015 Dutch Design Week by Sioban Imms http://www.sightunseen.com/2015/10/at-the-2015-dutch-design-week/
2011 Glass featured in ‘The Young Apprentice’, 31 October 2011
2010 ‘Cutting Edge’ Josh Sims, Financial Times, 22 May 2010
2010 ‘Glass Action’, p 31, Elle Decoration, March 2010
Professional Experience
Aug 2012 Workshop assistant to Matt Durran, Glass Heap Challenge, Stourbridge
July – Nov 2011 Studio assistant to Max Jacquard Glass, Ulcombe
Aug – Sept 2010 Studio assistant to Bruno Romanelli, London
Aug – Sept 2009 Studio assistant to Max Jacquard Glass, Ulcombe
Jan – Feb 2008 Studio assistant to Colin Reid Glass, Stroud
June – Aug 2006 Studio assistant to Ann Robinson, Auckland, New Zealand
Teaching
Jan – March 2015 Kiln-cast glass, intermediate & advanced, WAES London
September 2014 Core-casting masterclass, WAES London
March – May 2013 Kiln-formed glass workshops, WAES London
April 2013 Core-casting masterclass, WAES London
July 2012 Teaching assistant to Max Jacquard, Bild-Werk, Frauenau, Germany
June 2012 Kiln-cast glass, intermediate & advanced, WAES London
Sept 2010 Core casting presentation & one to one tutorials, WAES London