Glass Reflections
Cambridge 7th to 9th September



Presenting Author:
Wayne Strattman
<wstrattm@interserv.com>

article posted 24 Feb 2015

Wayne Strattman

In 2008 Wayne Strattman received from the University of Sunderland in the UK the world's first PhD in the Glass and Neon Arts. The PhD recognized his many years of work, making sculpture, researching, writing, and advocating for neon and other advanced forms of lighted glass sculpture.

His background degree in mechanical engineering coupled with his work as a researcher, teacher, and artist combined in the production of over 100 articles. He wrote the industry standard and best selling textbook, "Neon Techniques". Strattman holds a number of innovative lighting patents and products that feature techniques beyond conventional neon to make lighted sculpture.

For decades, his Boston based studio, Strattman Design, has been a leader in making custom sculpture, hundreds of architectural installations worldwide and innovative lighting products.

The PhD also highlights his advocacy work in promoting lighted glass sculpture as a board member for the Glass Art Society. He endowed a continuing lecture series for the Glass Art Society called "Critical Dialogue" examining the state of glass art today. Strattman started and helped promote an annual neon show at each annual Glass Art Society conference since 1997.

Dr. Strattman has been previously honored with the American Business Press Associations award for journalism for his monthly column and was chosen to give the keynote address to the first World Neon Conference in Weisbaden Germany.





Researches in Glass and Lighting Technology for Sculpture and Design

Wayne Strattman
Strattman Design, 791 Tremont St. Box B, Boston, MA 02118, USA
<www.strattman.com>

For 32 years Strattman Design of Boston, USA has done research and designed products adapting most of the known electrical lighting sources into forms of sculpture and product design.







A multitude of glass forms as diverse as furnace blown glass, neon and scientific glass tubing, and window glass are combined with a wide variety of gases, phosphors, metals and electronic power supplies.


The company has made unique displays that are featured in hundreds of museums worldwide as well as in movies and in eye-catching trade show displays.





This power-point talk will show the range of technologies the company has created and describe their approach to researching new lighting forms.