"Stig Persson works with a stricly abstract constructivist and minimalist expression in his glass works, which occasionally contains reminiscences of identifiable surroundings. The experience af the individual work rests on repetition, i.e. repeated shapes of circles, squares, rectangles, or cylinders. Whether the shapes are made flat or plastically cast, they are always defined within a strictly geometric framework af constellations of these basic shapes, often placed inside one another.
All surfaces are matt conveying a feeling of gravity which, in reality, is true of each form, and the figures are vaguely translucent. The glass material is slightly heterogeneous with small bubbles an irregularities.
In the series, Stacked, containing cylinders in various sizes made of solid glass are placed on metal rails. The number, colour and size of the cylinders vary, effectively creating a sense of movement from block to block. A sence of tension builds up on the assumption that the removal of one cylinder would cause the rest to roll on, at once making control highly uncontrllable. In this way, the expectation of movements is captured in an otherwise utterly static construction, and these works come close to a kind of kinetic art."
Ulla Houkjær, Curator, Design Museum Denmark
His minimalist sculptures are initially created as sketches, after which a prototype is built in EPS. He then creates the mold from a special casting mix called HydroCast. Each mold can only be used once. The mold is created on the EPS to preserve the textured surface and the actual firing of the glass elements lasts 12-13 days in the glass kiln. The elements are finished, trimmed and polished, to be assembled into the final work. It is a slow process, which is why it is not possible to create more than a few works per month.
His works are solid cast glass, and yet the material is fragile. This wonderful, complex contrast reinforces the constructivist and abstract expression that has been a common thread throughout Stig’s 30-year career.
