Fabrizia Bazzo

I am an artist and a maker using glass as the main medium to materialise my thoughts. I specialise in architectural glass installations, mainly commissions for both public and private locations against specific briefs. 

After spending 23 years working in the accounting department of a large industrial corporation in Italy I moved to England in 1996 and started teaching myself traditional techniques such as painting on glass. Since then, I have extended my artistic practice in architectural glass further through experimentation and I have now developed a reputation for producing original and innovative works in diverse locations. 

Today I enjoy the freedom of using a mix of techniques, traditional or cutting edge, as well as digital technology to interpret my designs. 
Each of my glass commissions is unique and is informed by, among other things, the ethos, function and aspect of the building, the budget and location.  

My aim when starting this work was to create a flexible hanging installation, like a curtain, incorporating glass in some way. 

The theme comes from the concept of geographical maps expressed in two ways: contour relief lines extracted from OS maps etched onto the stainless steel discs, with the pattern of my own skin fused onto the glass. In the end, though, I am not sure that my own research has found the place. As Herman Melville wrote, “… It is not down on any map, true places never are…”