{"id":64,"date":"2019-12-14T19:36:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T19:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:30:22","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>About Glasstronaut.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-circle-mask\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20180911_155707833-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20180911_155707833-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20180911_155707833-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20180911_155707833.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong> Ian<\/strong> <strong>Kirwan<\/strong> is a artist and sculptor with a wide range of experience and skills. He has gradually built up his knowledge of working processes through education and experience to create his original glass sculptures and architectural works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1550-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1550-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1550-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1550-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1550-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1550-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1550-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1550-1980x1485.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Working in the hot shop at University  College of the Arts, 201<\/em>1,<em>  Farnham, Surrey , UK.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workshop3-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workshop3-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workshop3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workshop3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workshop3-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workshop3-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workshop3.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The workshop and garden at Albion Drive.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For 20 years he has lived &amp; worked in East London. In 2015, in the back garden of his co-op house in hackney, he built a workshop from recycled &amp; found materials from which to experiment and create his glass and metal sculptures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1862\" src=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0038-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0038-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0038-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-series-fused-glass-extinct-insects-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-series-fused-glass-extinct-insects-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-series-fused-glass-extinct-insects-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-series-fused-glass-extinct-insects-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-series-fused-glass-extinct-insects-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-series-fused-glass-extinct-insects-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-series-fused-glass-extinct-insects.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024 he moved his studio and kilns to Freshwater in the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iow-studio-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iow-studio-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iow-studio-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iow-studio-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iow-studio-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iow-studio-2048x1154.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/glasstronaut.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iow-studio-1568x883.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Glasstronaut. Ian Kirwan is a artist and sculptor with a wide range of experience and skills. He has gradually built up his knowledge of working processes through education and experience to create his original glass sculptures and architectural works. 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