Drawing in space
Tamzin project managed and authored a fine art book about the artist Peter Furlonger. Drawing in Space: The Art of Peter Furlonger is a vibrant survey of an artist’s extraordinarily varied oeuvre. The book is devoted to showcasing a lifetime of multi-disciplinary work with studio glass and stone. It also highlights Peter’s designs for screen-prints and stained glass.
The text, based on in-depth interviews with the Northumbrian-based artist, explores how Peter developed the practice of calligraphic glass by engraving complex letter-textures to highly sculptural effect. Peter’s meditative and poetic approach has evolved over 25 years and the book considers how he has unified two distinct elements: letterform and abstraction.
Letter Arts commission
A long-form essay about Peter’s work was published in international, USA-based Letter Arts Review Vol.30. As Tamzin writes: ‘Despite his secluded existence, the artist is a wonderful companion, the clarity of his conversation as lucid and precise as his glass: witty, exacting and always thought provoking.’
Peter’s work is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the National Museum of Scotland. He was commissioned by Julia Darling to design and carve the headstone for her resting place in Newcastle upon Tyne.
