Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg sit next to each other in their studio. In the background their glasswork and the hardware used to blow and cut glass can be seen.Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg sit next to each other in their studio. In the background their glasswork and the hardware used to blow and cut glass can be seen.Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg sit next to each other in their studio. In the background their glasswork and the hardware used to blow and cut glass can be seen.Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg sit next to each other in their studio. In the background their glasswork and the hardware used to blow and cut glass can be seen.

Creative Heads: Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg – artists

Creative Heads: Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg – artists

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July 2022

Glass artists Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg, partners in life and work, introduce us to their art and their recently found home in Wales, where they have produced their most ambitious work to date. Over three decades they have explored the medium of glass and broken boundaries, and have ventured into new territories by combining different traditional techniques, creating their own visual language.

In this episode of Creative Heads we meet Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg, two artists who have dedicated themselves to exploring the medium of glass. After living in Paris for 15 years and in Switzerland for 20 years they created a home for themselves in Wales where they live and work together. The vessels they create are an interplay of colour, light, texture and shape, representing a commentary on an ever-evolving world and objects d’art. Watch them speak about different glass cutting techniques they discovered, and learn more about the way they approach their life and work.

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“Our collaboration grew organically. To blow glass you need to be two people at least and that’s how it started. After a few years it was no longer clear with whom an idea started and with whom it ended. It had become a conversation through the medium of glass, a creative process. We feel it was to the benefit of the end results.”

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