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(art) history
design & making process
Bernard Heesen
Bernard Heesen (Leerdam, 1958) followed his father, Willem Heesen (Utrecht, 1925 – Leerdam, 2007), into glassmaking, assisting him at the glass studio De Oude Horn, which Willem founded in 1977. Bernard began focusing on artistic glassmaking in 1986 and took over the studio in 1995, with innovation, expression and creative freedom central to his work .
Inspired by old encyclopaedias, he began making glass objects for his Encyclopaedische Gewrochten (Encyclopaedic Creations) series in 1997, using their illustrations as the starting point for new objects he puts his own twist on. Together with Arjen Duinker, he wrote a four part Encyclopaedic Dictionary: De Wereld van de Glasblazer: Encyclopedisch Woordenboek (The World of the Glassblower: Encyclopaedic Dictionary), which was published in 1999 - 2011.
Bernard Heesen, Encyclopedisch gewrocht, 1998
sources / further reading
Duinker, A., Heesen, B.,
De Wereld van Bernard Heesen - Encylopaedisch Woordenboek - van aandacht tot breuk (deel 1), experimenteel, chemisch, poetisch, filosofisch, historisch, De Oude Horn, Acquoy 1999
Duinker, A., Heesen, B.,
De Wereld van de Glasblazer - Encylopaedisch Woordenboek - van bric à brac tot etna (deel 2), experimenteel, chemisch, poetisch, filosofisch, historisch, De Oude Horn, Acquoy 2003
Duinker, A., Heesen, B.,
De Wereld van de Glasblazer - Encylopaedisch Woordenboek - van etszuur tot en met klokkenspel (deel 3), experimenteel, chemisch, poetisch, filosofisch, historisch, De Oude Horn, Acquoy 2011
Duinker, A., Heesen, B.,
De Wereld van de Glasblazer - Encylopaedisch Woordenboek - van kleurenpracht tot en met pronkbokaal (deel 4), experimenteel, chemisch, poetisch, filosofisch, historisch, De Oude Horn, Acquoy 2011
links
bernardheesen.nlHollandse meesters.infode oude horn.com
