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About
the Fellows
1.5 About the Fellows
Names
Lindy Sando and Vaughan Taylor
Contact Details
Art Glass
P.O. Kersbrook, S.A. 5231
T 08 8389 3008
E artglass@picknowl.com.au
www.artglassdesign.com.au
Lindy Sando and Vaughan Taylor began their careers in architectural glass after training
with master stained glass artisan Leonard Mathews. In 1976 they established the Art Glass
studio together. They continue to work together fulltime and have completed hundreds of
commissions for homes, churches and public buildings.
They have exhibited in Australia and Japan. In 1986 they were recipients of a shared grant
to mount an exhibition of architectural stained glass at the Jam Factory in Adelaide. They
continue to forge new ground and endeavour to take the glass industry to a higher level of
expression. They are currently working from their studio in the Adelaide hills.
Sando has studied many art related courses including commercial art, design, life drawing,
printmaking and sculpture. She has also participated in numerous glass workshops with
international designers including Ludwig Schaffrath, Johannes Schreiter, Lutz Haufschild
and Amber Hiscott. She designs all of the glassworks that the studio produces and is
responsible for surface treatments including painting and etching. Sando is keen
to develop new techniques and solutions in her work. She is currently experimenting with
contemporary painted techniques on commercial glass. She was a founding member of
Ausglass and was a member of CraftSouth for many years.
Taylor fabricates all of the windows and glassworks made by the Art Glass Studio.
He comes from a practical background and has a very hands on approach. He is
constantly developing new ideas and building the equipment to produce them. He
has been experimenting with glass lamination techniques for many years and was very
interested to see what was happening in this area overseas. The utilization of commercial
glazing technology to achieve glass designs is another area he is developing. Taylor is a
member of the Glass and Glazing Guild of S.A.
Apart from their glass work Sando and Taylor are kept busy on their 20 acre property. They
have a huge native garden which includes a large hedge maze.