Jorg F. Zimmerman

Jörg F. Zimmermann is a German glass artist. Born 1940 in Uhingen, Germany, Zimmermann was studying glass design at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Zimmermann is working since 1968 as self-employed Industrial-Designer. He is teaching since 1976 at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart glass arts. Zimmermann's development are artistic glass objects, which has the structures of nature as paradigm. These natural structures are the basic idea in Zimmermann´s work. His structures could be found in corals, fruits, leafs or ice. Zimmermann lets the glass grow. He has developed his so-called "Honeycomb-Obejcts". Zimmermann has received several awards, and his work is shown in many glass museums all over the world.

REFERENCES

Jörg F. Zimmermann. Glass artist - Verre contemporain. (Text deutsch, englisch und französisch), Arnold, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 978-3-925369-28-5

Lichtblicke. Gedichte von Rainer Schubert zu Glasobjekten von Jörg F. Zimmermann. Schröder, Diepholz 2002, ISBN 3-89728-051-5