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House Artist 09 · Leaded glass

L’INCONNU Tom van der Meer

Glass is the only material you finish by looking through it.

Window for the stair, 1989. Leaded glass.
LX-TVM-001 · Window for the stair · 1989

Tom van der Meer cuts and leads glass for windows that are never seen from outside. He designs from the room: where the morning comes in, which wall it reaches, what colour it should have when it arrives.

For the House he made a set of panels in the old way, lead came and solder, every piece cut by hand. The irregular cells come from broken offcuts he keeps in crates by colour.

Lead came, tin solder, mouth-blown glass.

Amber and red, 1989. Leaded glass.
LX-TVM-002 Amber and red · 1989
Blue hour, 1990. Leaded glass.
LX-TVM-003 Blue hour · 1990
Garden panel, 1990. Leaded glass.
LX-TVM-004 Garden panel · 1990
Late fire, 1991. Leaded glass.
LX-TVM-005 Late fire · 1991

House archive

  1. LX-TVM-001Window for the stair1989Leaded glass
  2. LX-TVM-002Amber and red1989Leaded glass
  3. LX-TVM-003Blue hour1990Leaded glass
  4. LX-TVM-004Garden panel1990Leaded glass
  5. LX-TVM-005Late fire1991Leaded glass