Sculpture is a glass act
AN innovative sculpture near a new North East business park is the latest contract to be completed by a Stockton company.
Creative Glass, based on the North Tees Industrial Estate, near Portrack Lane, provided the glass faces for The Delegation, a sculpture of seven towering figures at Rainton Bridge South Business Park, just off the A690 near Houghton-Le-Spring.
Designed by Swedish artist and former Sunderland University MA student Tord Kjellstrom, The Delegation is made up of seven steel figures - the highest standing 7.9m tall - capped with glass light boxes which Creative Glass manufactured using state-of-the-art techniques.
Tony Campbell, Creative Glass managing director, said: “Tord is a top artist and designer so we were delighted to work with him to produce something striking and unique for the business park”
Sunderland City Council commissioned the work after a competition involving members of the Cohesion Glassmakers Network, of which Creative Glass and Mr Kjlellstrom are both members.
Creative Glass’s James Wiley, 21, Richard Wiley, 24 and Andrew Bulmer 25, all from Stockton, contributed to the production process using skills gained through glass processing training with the North East Chamber of Commerce.
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