Artist Lisa Swerling creates Glass Cathedrals – a series of tiny worlds in boxes.
Lisa has created a special box to raise much needed funds for AT The Bus. The title of the box is ‘The world is a scary place, but I have armbands’. Between now and 12pm on 13 November 2022 a £5 raffle ticket will give you the chance to win the box. Click here to take part.
“The boxes have been a unique platform for my flow of ideas. Some are based on thoughts I’ve been having since I was a child – thoughts that are no less mysterious to me today! “What exists beyond the stars? Why is glitter more precious to me than gold? Why do I jump in the water despite my fears? How can I feel so important and so insignificant at the same time?” Many people have these moments of inspiration about what it is to be a funny little human traveling around a big planet. What to do with these thoughts? I started putting mine in boxes… When we stop and look at the tiny figures going about their business in the boxes – ambitious, vulnerable, silly, resilient – we recognise our own lives in all their messiness and sparkling glory. In recent years I have customized hundreds of Glass Cathedrals to capture people, events, places and memories. They are now in homes and galleries all over the world – a testament to our shared humanity.”
Lisa Swerling, www.glasscathedrals.com