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Spectrum Room
A single beam passes through a column of hand-cut glass and spreads across white walls. The colour moves as the sun does, so each hour looks a little different. The opening dates will be shared here first.
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Iris Halden
I bend daylight and stage light into colour you can walk through. Installations, theatre sets and slow workshops on glass.
About Iris
Iris works between the gallery and the theatre wing. She uses cut glass, haze and slow-moving lamps to make rooms that change colour as the day goes on.
This page collects her current work, learning resources and the best ways to visit the studio.
In a little more light
Link notes
A short note on every link above.
Work
Installation archive
Ten years of light rooms, stairwell pieces and seasonal window works, grouped by the time of day each one was made for.
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Stage lighting
Designs for small theatres and dance companies that use haze and prisms to change a bare stage between scenes.
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Commission a piece
Commissions start with a quiet visit to watch how light enters your space. A few new projects are taken on each season. Reach Iris through the studio's usual channels to begin.
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Glass & light workshop
A relaxed weekend at the bench: scoring glass, reading shadows and building a small light study you take home. No experience needed.
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Studio journal
Occasional entries from the workbench: colour tests, lamp experiments and what went wrong along the way.
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Reading list
A short, changing shelf of books on colour theory, perception and theatre design that shaped the studio's way of working.
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Open studio days
The studio opens a few late afternoons each season, when low sun makes the glass pieces glow. Dates are announced in the journal.
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Press notes
For writers and curators: a one-paragraph bio, a short artist statement and guidance on crediting installation images.
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