Elin Isaksson
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Elin Isaksson makes functional and decorative hand-blown objects, and she also use the sand-casting technique to create one off sculpture using coloured shards encased in molten glass. She offers a bespoke service for interior designers and private collectors.
In 2024 Isaksson was delighted to be selected into the Homo Faber guide by the Michelangelo Foundation, showcasing her craft excellence in glass. In the same year she was commissioned to create the prestigious Scottish Album of the Year awards. As part of the awards opportunity, she will be having a solo show at the Tolbooth in Stirling, showcasing her journey in glass over the last 15 years.
Isaksson’s blown glass forms are often simple but tactile, heavily influenced by her early Scandinavian glass training at Orrefors Glass School.
After graduating from her MA in Design & Applied Arts at Edinburgh College of Art, she further trained with glass artist Rudy Gritch in Italy and at Northlands Glass Centre, with master blower Dante Marioni and Simon Moore.
Isaksson set up her own studio in 2010 and she is now based in Dunblane were she also lives with her family.
She sells her glass direct from her workshop, online and through galleries in the UK. She is very passionate to keep the craft alive and teaches glass blowing classes to the public and often assists professional artists and design students to realise their ideas in glass.
In 2024 Isaksson was delighted to be selected into the Homo Faber guide by the Michelangelo Foundation, showcasing her craft excellence in glass. In the same year she was commissioned to create the prestigious Scottish Album of the Year awards. As part of the awards opportunity, she will be having a solo show at the Tolbooth in Stirling, showcasing her journey in glass over the last 15 years.
Isaksson’s blown glass forms are often simple but tactile, heavily influenced by her early Scandinavian glass training at Orrefors Glass School.
After graduating from her MA in Design & Applied Arts at Edinburgh College of Art, she further trained with glass artist Rudy Gritch in Italy and at Northlands Glass Centre, with master blower Dante Marioni and Simon Moore.
Isaksson set up her own studio in 2010 and she is now based in Dunblane were she also lives with her family.
She sells her glass direct from her workshop, online and through galleries in the UK. She is very passionate to keep the craft alive and teaches glass blowing classes to the public and often assists professional artists and design students to realise their ideas in glass.
2004-05 Master in Design –Glass &Architectural Glass, Edinburgh College of Art
2001-04 BA (Hons) Glass &Architectural Glass, Edinburgh College of Art
1998-2000 Glass Blowing and glass cutting techniques, Orrefors Glass School, Sweden
FURTHER STUDIES
2007 NESTA - Starter for Six programme for creative entrepreneurs.
2006 Master class in Venetian glass blowing with Dante Marioni, Northlands, Lybster
2005 Master class in glass blowing with Simon Moore, Northlands, Lybster.
2005 Research into `Studio Glass’ at Konstfack -Arts, Crafts & Design Univ., Stockholm
2002 International Glass Workshop at Centro Studio Vetro, Italy.
2006-08 Artist in Residence and teaching undergraduates, Edinburgh College of Art.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 ’15 years in glass’ solo show supported by SMIA at Tolbooth, Stirling.
2024 ‘Fluidity’ Women in glass installation at Raven’s Gallery in Los Angeles, US.
2024 CRAFTWORKS May 2024 during London Craft Week.
2023 ‘Future Icons’ Oxo tower during London Craft week May 2023
2022-23 ‘Glorious Glass’ CGS celebrating 25 years at Artisan Gallery, Torquay.
2022&2023 Showcase with Author Interiors at the Collector’s Lounge, London Art Fair.
2018 ‘Festival of Light’ exhibition, October 2018, Kirkudbright Galleries.
2018 Group stand curated by Dan Goode, Kew Gardens
2016 ‘Making in Colour’ Curated By Gregory Parsons at Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales.
2015 British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge.
2013 HOT GLASS! CAA, London.
2010 Collect 2010, exhibiting with Craft Scotland at Saatchi Gallery, London.
2010 'Meet your Maker' a group exhibition (& film), National Museum of Scotland.
2008 Origin Craft Fair, Somerset House, London.
2001-04 BA (Hons) Glass &Architectural Glass, Edinburgh College of Art
1998-2000 Glass Blowing and glass cutting techniques, Orrefors Glass School, Sweden
FURTHER STUDIES
2007 NESTA - Starter for Six programme for creative entrepreneurs.
2006 Master class in Venetian glass blowing with Dante Marioni, Northlands, Lybster
2005 Master class in glass blowing with Simon Moore, Northlands, Lybster.
2005 Research into `Studio Glass’ at Konstfack -Arts, Crafts & Design Univ., Stockholm
2002 International Glass Workshop at Centro Studio Vetro, Italy.
2006-08 Artist in Residence and teaching undergraduates, Edinburgh College of Art.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 ’15 years in glass’ solo show supported by SMIA at Tolbooth, Stirling.
2024 ‘Fluidity’ Women in glass installation at Raven’s Gallery in Los Angeles, US.
2024 CRAFTWORKS May 2024 during London Craft Week.
2023 ‘Future Icons’ Oxo tower during London Craft week May 2023
2022-23 ‘Glorious Glass’ CGS celebrating 25 years at Artisan Gallery, Torquay.
2022&2023 Showcase with Author Interiors at the Collector’s Lounge, London Art Fair.
2018 ‘Festival of Light’ exhibition, October 2018, Kirkudbright Galleries.
2018 Group stand curated by Dan Goode, Kew Gardens
2016 ‘Making in Colour’ Curated By Gregory Parsons at Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales.
2015 British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge.
2013 HOT GLASS! CAA, London.
2010 Collect 2010, exhibiting with Craft Scotland at Saatchi Gallery, London.
2010 'Meet your Maker' a group exhibition (& film), National Museum of Scotland.
2008 Origin Craft Fair, Somerset House, London.
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