Jörg F Zimmermann

Jörg F. Zimmermann (born 1940 in Uhingen, Germany), is a German glass artist. Zimmermann was studying glass design at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Zimmermann has been working since 1968 as self-employed Industrial-Designer. He has been teaching since 1976 at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart glass arts.

Work[]

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, leaves or ice. Zimmermann lets the glass grow. He has developed his so-called "Honeycomb objects".^[1] Zimmermann has received several awards, and his work is shown in many glass museums all over the world.

References[]

• Wolfgang Kermer (with Wolfgang Berger, Heike Heimann, Wolfgang Schneider, Peter Schmitt): Jörg F. Zimmermann: glass artist – verre contemporain. (Text deutsch, englisch und französisch), Arnoldsche, 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