About Elin
Elin Isaksson is originally from Sweden. She discovered her
passion for blown glass during her studies at Orrefors Glass
School, Sweden from 1998 to 2000. During those years she also
undertook several placements in hot glass studios in Sweden and
France.
Elin came to Edinburgh College of Art in 2001, following a year
spent assisting three glass blowers in Gothenburg. She completed
both her BA (Hons) and her Masters in Glass and Architectural Glass
Design at ECA. During this time she also worked with Lindean Mills
Glass, Galashiels.
She set up her business as a professional Designer and
Glassmaker in 2006. Since then she has established her own glass
blowing studio in Alloa, with funding from the Scottish Arts
Council and Clackmannanshire Council. Now she creates bespoke,
handcrafted sculptural, lighting and architectural glass for
individual and corporate clients by commission and also sells
sculptural glass through galleries and shops around the UK.
Elin’s vision
Elin takes her inspiration from the play of light, texture and
movement in nature. Glass reflects atmospheres and emotions:
‘Making glass is a way of accessing a world increasingly excluded
from our every day life,’ she explains. Her work is both sculptural
and organic, the objects are not necessarily creating a descriptive
picture of nature, but the elastic, tactile abstraction it
represents.
Inspired but not bound by traditional methods, Elin combines
glass making techniques to suit the particular artistic expression
she wants to achieve. Her work brings glass to life, giving it
movement and texture that symbolises the energy produced when
working with molten glass.
Passionate about passing on the techniques of the ancient art of
glass blowing, Elin aims to raise awareness of handmade glass and
its traditions by providing glass makers, students and others with
an opportunity to experience and learn at her new studio.
Photo gallery
Photography by Shannon Tofts.