Stained Glass Women Portrait ‘Lily’ by Laura Kriefman

This stained glass women portrait features ‘Lily’ an ‘amazing life model’ that Laura met in a life drawing class in Spring 2024.

Made with Unique Uroboros glass with vitreous painting.

Artist Statement:

I met Lily, an amazing life model, in a class this spring-and I sketched her freely and brightly. It was a joy, and I realised that the blues and pinks I had used on the page needed to live in glass. I literally walked into my studio the next day and started cutting a piece of glass I had just been gifted using my sketch as the cartoon. I never thought I would be cutting a piece of glass to gently cup an underthigh and vulva. I enjoyed learning about the stunning colours of the vintageUroborosglass. I loved finding a way of capturing my calligraphy style-honouring this artwork’s roots as a life drawing sketch and the movement in my drawing style. I am proud of the feeling of voluptuous and curvaceousness in this 2d glass piece.

Stained Glass Women Portrait – Artist

Laura Kriefman glass artist works primarily with painted and lead light and painted glass in her work, which ranges from large architectural works to small works of art.

From her studio in Dawlish, Devon Laura either works on her own pieces or on glass art commissions which can be done on-site or remotely. 

Despite its two-dimensional nature, Kriefman loves the medium of stained glass and utilises it to its most creative.

Lead light stained glass enables her to bring both her love of movement and colour to her works through the precisely cut compositions of glass pieces.

Stained glass is an inherently colourful medium that allows the artist to tell their story in a multitude of ways, with vibrancy, depth and great fluidity.

In 2024, Kriefman won the Amanda Moriarty Memorial Award and was also accepted into the Green Hill Arts Biennale

Before she was Laura Kriefman glass artist, Laura was an acclaimed dance choreographer, with many awards under her belt. For over 20 years she created and delivered projects worldwide.

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