Brianna Watson
BIO
Brianna Watson is a 22-year-old graduate of Sheridan College’s program Honours Bachelor of Craft and Design, majoring in glass. Born in Cambridge, ON, and raised in Brantford, ON, and currently works at Homesense. Brianna has experienced working with many mediums, uses her skills to create beauty through her love of glass. What makes her, and her work, stand out is how she can take simple aspects of art and design, such as geometry, and use them in their simple forms to create small sculptures, furnishings, and architectural designs.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
TRANSPARENT GEOMETRY
Enlightening glass' versatility, and involving simple geometric designs, was the statement that brought 'Transparent Geometry' to life. Brianna focused on researching the qualities glass and functions of geometry in her designs by combining congruous glass castings into sculptures, furnishings, and architecture. The year consisted of exploration between these two concepts to present the opportunity through different additional applications of colour and texture, while including other materials that added more variety. Brianna wished to have her viewers explore the piece, while realizing how glass and geometry work together.
FEATURED Work
Title: Abstract Geometry
Dimensions: 61 x 46 x 2.5 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Float glass cut into squares and rectangles and adhered randomly.
Title: Triangular Optics (detail)
Title: Triangular Optics
Dimensions: 46 x 41 x 10 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Graphite casted glass hexagons moulded while hot with triangular impressions with a rock base.
Title: Pedestals (detail)
Title: Pedestals
Dimensions: 13 x 71 x 61 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Graphite casted glass hexagons drilled in the center and stacked with metal pipe.
Title: Lamp (detail)
Title: Lamp
Dimensions: 23 x 23 x 38 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Made of geometric glass casted rectangles and wood used for the base.
Title: Glass Shelves
Dimensions: 46 x 20 x 2.5 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Graphite casted glass rectangles fused into larger shelf | 18x8x1
Title: Glass Shelves (detail)
Title: Glass Shelves (detail)
Title: Hanging by Chain
Dimensions: 63 x 63 x 7.5 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Graphite casted glass hexagons drilled in the corners and attached with metal chain.
Title: Planter
Dimensions: 25 x 53 x 18 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Made of geometric glass casted rectangles and wood used for the base.