Sarah Hall

Sarah Hall

            Sarah Hall is a stained glass artist from Canada.  Her projects are on such a large scale that she had to relocate her studio to Germany, in order to access professional glass artisans and the proper equipment to help her fabricate her pieces.  Hall experiments with the use of photovoltaics in her glass artworks.  Photovoltaics is a method in which electrical power is generated by capturing solar radiation and then converting it into a current.  This use of photovoltaics allows Hall to have renewable-energy glass sculptures.  One such place that her stained glass windows are being used with photovoltaics is at the Grass Valley School, located in Washington.  The glass windows are connected to an LED fixture in the main hallway, and gives visible feedback about the renewable energy that is powering it.  It is designed so that on sunnier days, the bulb will glow more brightly.

            I like the stained glass work of Sarah Hall.  I like that she is employing the use of renewable energy into her artworks.  I also like that her artwork is beautiful to look at, while still being functional.  I am inspired by the functionality of her pieces, and also the large scale in which she works.  I also like that the environmental difference that is being made can be seen visually through the brightness of the light bulb.