Dunblane glassmaker picked to create music award for Album of the Year event
dailyrecord.co.ukDunblane-based contemporary glass maker Elin Isaksson has been chosen to create the awards for Scotland’s national music prize the Scottish Album of the Year, via this year’s SAY Award Design Commission.Her sandcasted sculptures and contemporary hand blown accessories have received national and international acclaim, and her glass can be found in many galleries throughout the UK.She said: “I am delighted to be commissioned by the SAY Award to produce the prizes this year.
This opportunity will enable me to experiment and strengthen the sustainability of my practice.“I intend to utilise pieces of recycled glass which were formed on the blowing pipe during the creation of previous hand blow pieces.“This coloured glass cullet will be mixed with molten glass poured from the furnace, and will transform this by-product into something beautiful and useful.“I look forward to sharing the results and my wider work at my exhibition at Tolbooth Stirling next year.”Originally from Sweden, Elin began her glass training at the Orrefors Glass School, part of the famous Orrefors crystal factory.
She moved to Scotland in 2001, where her passion for glass blowing led her to graduate from Edinburgh College of Art.She established her studio in 2010, and has been based in Dunblane since 2019.When not undertaking commissions, she teaches the ancient craft of glass blowing at her Dunblane studio.Elin’s work is influenced by the minimalist designs taught in her early training at the Orrefors Glass School, and the colours of the Scottish landscape which feature prominently in her pieces.
She describes her work as Scandinavian design, made in Scotland.Elin is the third Stirling based maker to be commissioned to design the bespoke prizes for the
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