PROF. RONALD PENNELL

Patterns of Life.
Engraved blown glass
19cm x 25cm

My engravings take an ironic and slightly homourous view of the human condition based upon events taken from English country life or European and World Myths. I find poetry inspirational, especially the works of Heinrich Heine, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney and Jeremy Hooker.

I engrave directly onto glass using a fixed head lathe and diamond wheels; the designs evolve spontaneously without reference to prior drawings.

Biography pdf

Ronald Pennell filler

Selected Biography

EMPLOYMENT
2001: Honorary Professor of Glass at University of Wolverhampton.
1997 - 2000: Visiting Professor of Glass at University of Wolverhampton.
1974 - 1975: Lectures at Stourbridge College and Wolverhampton Polytechnic.
1959 - 1964: Lecturer at Birmingham College of Art
Established Studio in Herefordshire.

AWARDS
1999: Dominik Binman Gold Medal, Czech Republic.
1995: Lynggaard Prize 1st Kanazawa Glass Triennale, Japan.

EXHIBITIONS
1999 - 2000: Retrospective; ‘Modern Myths’, The Art of Ronald Pennell, Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
The National Glass Centre, Sunderland.

COLLECTIONS
British Museum, London.
Corning Museum of Glass.
Ebeltoft Museum, Denmark.
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.