• According to Françoise, art and craft make us more human
• She considers glass the ultimate medium for celebrating light
• She works mainly for architectural spaces and uses stained glass making techniques

“Glass is such a simple material, but it is difficult to work with because you need expertise," says Françoise Bolli. “Aside from its transparency, glass is above all a marvellous substance enabling a vast variety of treatments and aspects, from depth to surface.” Françoise came to glass through architecture, which she found frustrating because she could not build what she designed herself: she felt she needed to use her hands and body. “In my work, I wish to honour glass, which means not being unfaithful towards it. I try to play with it, while respecting its properties, such as its visual appearance (transparency and reflections) and its physical properties (transmitting light, colour, fragility, surface and depth).”