Morgan Stockton is a firm believer in acknowledging what has been achieved before, in order to create ideas that influence her practice and move her forward. Birmingham’s architectural, industrial and manufacturing heritage has informed her work both conceptually and aesthetically.
Morgan uses steel and glass to create contemporary one-off sculptures inspired by her heritage that are characterised by a minimal and industrial aesthetic. Her work has a muted monochrome colour palette, highlighting the variations and shapes created by the steel grid structures she creates. The steel dictates the forms and surface pattern of the glass, and embodies a drawing that has “entered into space”. Steel is typically not compatible with glass; however, Morgan explores beyond the traditional preconceptions and extremities of the materials, using an experimental approach to traditional mould-blowing.
Her great great grandfather was a glassblower for Chance Brothers Glassworks, once a leading glass manufacturer and a pioneer of British glassmaking technology in Smethwick, Birmingham. Morgan is actively investigating her personal heritage within Birmingham and her grandparents' histories with the materials for which her family shares a passion. She embraces the art of historical glass craftsmanship in a contemporary, forward-thinking way that is immersed in process.
EDUCATION
2015 - 2018
DESIGN CRAFTS BA(HONS), De Montfort University
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2019 - 2020
AA2A - De Montfort University
EXHIBITIONS
2020
THE FUTURE OF CRAFT, Design Nation, London. London Craft Week 2020
2019
RAW, Mint, London. London Design Festival 2019
2019
PROTOTYPES, Modern Art Hire, London. London Design Festival 2019
2019
INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF GLASS, Gallery L’Union de Paris, Bulgaria
2019
PORTAL, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Wales
2019
SQUARE, Libby Rak Gallery of Jewellery, Oxford
2019
NEW DESIGNERS ONE YEAR IN, Business Design Centre, London
2019
INSPIRED, London Glassblowing Gallery, London
2019
MOSAIC, Mint, London
2019
The Contemporary Glass Society February Open 2019, Online
2018
OPEN 29, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
2018
TRANS-FORM, Mint, London. London Design Festival 2018
2018
NEW DESIGNERS, Business Design Centre, London
2018
DMU DEGREE SHOW, The Gallery, Leicester
2018
WALKER & BROMWICH: ART LENDING LIBRRAY, The Gallery, Leicester
TALKS
2020
TOGETHER ON WEDNESDAYS, Contemporary Class Society, Online
2019
Q&A WITH MORGAN STOCKTON & CURATOR LUCY SWIFT, Cluster Crafts, London