Lucy Roussel - Glass Artist

Region: Toronto, Ontario

I don’t like endings and I think that that is why I look to nature with its never-ending cycles of transformation and rebirth for inspiration in my work. I also believe that no single trait or characteristic defines a person, just as no single piece of work defines an artist. While I have chosen glass as my primary mode of expression I incorporate it with other materials such as metal, wood, and stone. We live in a technological age characterized by specialization and compartmentalization, but we are part of the natural world. Nature is all about complexity, uniqueness, and interaction and possessed of an intricate beauty. It is these characteristics that I attempt to incorporate into my work.

Windows, screens, wall hangings, abstract forms, commemorative objects

2001 GAS Student Exhibition, Corning
2001 Visions of the Humber, McNair Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001 Transformative, Material Matters Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2001 GAS Student Exhibit, honourable mention, GAS, Corning, New York
2001 Silver Medal winner, School of Craft and Design, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2001 Visions of the Humber, 3rd Prize winner, McNair Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2001 School of Craft and Design, Sheridan College (Glass Specialty)
1987 University of Toronto, Bachelor of Arts ( English Literature)