[Decorative glazed panel inspired by Scots dances and the rhythms and sound of fiddle music] [art original] /
Donald, George,1943-
[Scotland],
[1988?]
An art original.
Statement by the artist: The window was naturally, something of an experiment for me - but I thought I would extend ideas I had been working on in a technique called "Chine colle" where I coloured delicate Japanese tissues and silks and bonded them, as part of my etching image (using multiple plates) - to base paper of a more robust nature. In the case of the window, I omitted the base paper and "floated" the flimsy pieces of tissue and silks (which had been previously printed on), in the fluid resin later to be sandwiched between the 2 sheets of glass. The image related to a series of prints upon which I was working at the time whose theme revolved round the notion of Scots dances and the rhythms and sound of fiddle music - jigs, strathspeys, reels and rants.
One of a series of twelve decorative glazed panels which were previously arranged on levels 3 to 7 of the north facade of the National Library of Scotland's Causewayside Building. A group of Scottish artists were commissioned to create these panels which were then incorporated into the building which opened in 1988. The artists represented are Barbara Rae, Elizabeth Blackadder, Gordon Bryce, John Houston, William Littlejohn, Frances Walker, Glen Onwin, William Crosbie, Michael Docherty, Charles Pulsford, Ian McKenzie Smith and George Donald.
Glass painting and staining
Glass art