Françoise Bolli
Glass designer
Yverdon-les-Bains

« Glass attracts me not only for its enchanting capacity for transparency, but particularly for the plural potential of this substance. »

Fascinated by this material and its multiple aspects and qualities, Françoise Bolli creates monumental works related to architecture (stained glass, lights, sculptures, mobiles) and also objects. She regularly collaborates with architects and teaches her know-how in art schools. In addition, she participates in numerous exhibitions, personal and collective.

« In my work, I seek to honor the glass. I try to play with the limits of its properties while respecting them. »

The techniques used by Françoise Bolli to work with glass are numerous: engraving, painting, molding, imprinting or bending, she gives her works a particular color, fragility and depth. Through subtle games of transparency and reflection of light, his creations play with shadows which sometimes become the only visible trace of the work.

Diplomas

1994 Post graduate diploma of Art – Glass workshop, Institute of the Arts, Australian National University, Canberra

Distinctions

2018 1st prize competition at the Fey college, Moudon

2016 1st prize Troinex/Geneva bicentennial competition (in collaboration with Sahli & Kummer workshop)

2014 1st prize in the competition for the Parvis of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Ouchy/Lausanne

2000 2nd prize Kunst aus Glas, IKEA Foundation

2000 1st prize ex-aequo, Meuble 21

Links

https://www.instagram.com/francoisebolli

https://werkbund.ch/web/fr/ortsgruppen/romandie/membres/

http://tresor-craft.com/portfolio-item/francoise-bolli/

http://pavilion-swiss.org/portfolio/francoise-bolli/

http://www.verarte.ch/members/francoise-bolli/

http://gdk.ch/bolli/bolli.htm

http://cche.ch/project/echo/

http://homofaber.com/en/artisans/franoise-bolli-glass-sculpting-switzerland