Sara McDonald
Moments of quiet, significant affirmation gained from seemingly arbitrary contrasts in line, form, colour and texture have stimulated investigation into the imago ignota in an attempt to understand the feeling of deep and complete satisfaction experienced when seeing and making with a sense of gentle persuasion.
Education
1994-1996.1 University of Wolverhampton MA with Distinction, Art and Design Network
1984-1987 West Surrey College of Art and Design BA Hon's Glass
1982-1984 Lincolnshire College of Art and Design Diploma, Art and Design
Awards
2006 Coburg European Glass Award – Coburg, Germany – honourable mention
1988 Setting up Grant - Crafts Council
1988 Chelsea Crafts Fair Assistance Grant Lincolnshire & Humberside Arts
Selected Recent Exhibitions
2006 Coburg Glass Prize (for Contemporary Glass in Europe) German(Catalogue)
2005 21st Century British Glass Daniel Katz Gallery, Mayfair, London (Catalogue)
2004 British Contemporary Glass Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2004 What is Craft? The Hub, Centre for Contemporary Craft, Sleaford
Suspended in Light Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
2003 Contemporary Glass Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2002 Mezzanine Gallery Showcase National Glass Centre, Sunderland
2002 ART 2002 Business Design Centre, Islington, London (Represented by Adrian Sassoon)
2002 Mitsukoshi Int'l Glass Festival People's Republic of China(Tour,catalogue)
2001 A Celebration of Glass Cowdy Gallery, Newent, Gloucestershire
2001 Hsin-Chu Int'l Glass Arts Festival Hsin-Chu, People's Republic of China (catalogue)
2001 Focus (Showcase) Contemporary Applied Arts, Percy Street, London
2001 FAS now The Fine Art Society, London (Catalogue)
Collections
2005 Plate - British Library, London
2001 Plate - Cowdy Gallery Collection, Gloucestershire
1999 Bowl East Midlands Arts Board, Cambridge
1997 Bowl - Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln (Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society 1995
1994 Plate - Esbjerg Council, Denmark
1993 Bowl - Museum of Applied Art, Tallinn, Estonia
1990 Bowl - Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1990 Two Plates - Crafts Council, London
1990 Plate - Norwich Museum, Contemporary Glass Collection
1990 Plate - Nottingham Castle Museum, Nottingham
1990 Plate - Ulster Museum, Belfast