new architectural project ...history in the details

November 20, 2024

I am thrilled to share this architectural project with new creative exploration. The brief specified featuring details from the historic 1902 Evans School House, designed in the Gothic Revival style, which is being transformed into restaurant and retail/studio/office spaces alongside a new residential tower. Initial concepts in grayscale evolved into a color palette featuring neutral tones, warm honey ambers, silver, black, and a hint of Denver blue sky. The final artwork consists of two 4’ x 4’ pieces and one smaller horizontal piece measuring 2.5’ x 4’, all designed to connect with the historic school within the residential tower.

I’m looking forward to final pix of these installed.

History in the details. REFLECT 4.12a 4’x 4’ | hand cut glass + concrete c Heather Hancock 2024

History in the details. REFLECT 4.12c 4’x 4’ | hand cut glass + concrete c Heather Hancock 2024

History in the details. REFLECT 4.12b 2.5x 4’ | hand cut glass + concrete c Heather Hancock 2024

VISTA: forest +city

October 10, 2024

Ah. Love LOVE this crisp new skyline of midtown Atlanta from the pond at Piedmont (with some creative license taken of course). A colorful mural installed on the exterior of the client’s building is captured in a colored glass detail. The whole effect is crisp and fresh with buildings sketched in gray and silvery black, foliage in layered greens (lime, celadon and olive) and a shimmery reflection on the pond’s surface. The “avalanche white” background feels bright and light, very Atlanta.

The pieces are headed for installation in the lobby of a new construction multi-family building. Can’t wait for install pix!

VISTA: ATL | 3@40”x24” hand cut glass + concrete c Heather Hancock 2024

detail | VISTA ATL c Heather Hancock 2024

lake michigan inspo

September 18, 2024

I always find inspo in Lake Michigan. Circling back to ideas for water imagery.

sketch graphic lake03 c Heather Hancock 2024

lake + prairie sketch4a c Heather Hancock 2024

lake + prairie sketch 5a c Heather Hancock 2024

OK. Loving this graphic approach. More to come.

summer inspo + sketching

September 09, 2024

Spring and summer travel included hiking in Colorado, exploring Palm Springs and Encinitas, wandering in Vancouver and a visit to Tofino on Vancouver Island. So much to think about…

sketch2 chesterman beach Tofino BC c Heather Hancock 2024

sketch 3 Tofino BC c Heather Hancock 2024

Other summer inspo and sketching that I’d love to explore further…

sketch: shoreline c Heather Hancock 2024

sketch lake + prairie c Heather Hancock 2024

sketch4 wildflowers crop1 c Heather Hancock 2024

sketch wildflowers3 crop1 c Heather Hancock 2024

watercolors…exploring palette and light, transitions and connections.

currently working on another skyline

August 27, 2024

Delighted to come back to another skyline project…this one features a crisp white background with grays+silvers alongside lush layered greens. A desaturated palette on silver gray background creates a graphic reflection off Piedmont pond on the bottom section. More soon.

August 26, 2024

soaking up every minute of summer…lots of paddling on lake michigan after work!! which turns into inspo of course.

concept prairie grasses v1 c Heather Hancock 2024

REFLECT looking up

August 14, 2024

I recently got to explore this new “looking up’ view based on 1271 Ave of the Americas in NYC. This plan is for the pieces to be framed in black and hang in a home office.

REFLECT 4.11 looking up 2@2.5’x2’ glass inlay and concrete c Heather Hancock 2024

detail REFLECT 4.11 looking up 2@2.5’x2’ glass inlay and concrete c Heather Hancock 2024

Install pix | REFLECT 4.10

July 12, 2024

Love getting install pix. Here are the REFLECT pieces created for a Denver based residential developer. Compositions were developed based on the developer’s portfolio to create a grouping for their lobby. The focus is on the various peaked rooflines to echo the surrounding mountain ranges that form the dramatic backdrop to Denver.

REFLECT 4.10 ‘home’ | 4@2’ x 2’ hand cut glass + concrete c Heather Hancock 2024 photo credit: Nine Dot Arts

REFLECT 4.10 ‘home’ | 4@2’ x 2’ hand cut glass + concrete c Heather Hancock 2024

Get in touch

ShoutOut Colorado

June 05, 2024

Delighted to see this article about my work posted on ShoutoutColorado

read full article here (it is slow to load btw!)

Here are some (condensed) highlights but you can find the full interview + images of recent projects here.

ShoutOut CO: Walk us through the thought-process of starting your business.

I began my journey in healthcare as a speech-language pathologist and later as director of rehabilitation, providing innovative care to help people return to health and life. Realizing that well-being extends beyond physical health, I combined my understanding of human cognition with my passion for art to establish my own studio.

My goal is to infuse spaces—homes, offices, hotels, and healthcare facilities—with energy and vitality through bold contrasts and shimmering reflectance, enhancing well-being and inspiring those who encounter my work.

ShoutOut CO: Tell us more about your art, what are you excited about these days?

My art blends glass inlay with rugged concrete textures to create dimensional pieces that dance with light and transform with movement. Drawing from my healthcare background, I infuse my work with ideas and vibrancy, inspired by the intersection of nature and urban landscapes. I aim to help people see the world in new ways, finding beauty in unexpected places and staying connected with nature.

ShoutOut CO: What do you want the world to know about you and your work?

I believe in creating spaces where everyone can flourish. Art goes beyond decoration; it’s a vital component of living well, fostering growth, connection, and enrichment.

REFLECT home | custom versions of clients’ properties

June 03, 2024

OK. LOVE this project.

Project brief: Create a set of 4 architectural pieces for a clients’ office lobby using their residential homes as basis for compositions.

The clients provided a range of images of their residential properties for me to use to develop four compositions at 2’ x 2’.

My first decision was to include 4 properties with peaked roofs. These are cut in iridescent glass for a dynamic line that also connects with the mountain context of these projects.

These pieces feature a monochromatic textured sky in bright white and . one in silver gray for a sleek streamlined feel. The buil dings are similarly reduced down to essential features with high contrast elements, rhythms and shadows to create dimension.

VISTA shoreline

May 06, 2024

I’m super happy with this new piece based on a familiar view: the Lake Michigan shoreline. These clients responded to the graphic abstraction in VISTA: grasslands and requested a “Chicago version” with a similar palette and level of abstraction for a corporate office space.

VISTA shoreline 5’ x 3.5’ glass inlay + concrete c Heather Hancock 2024 | photo credit Grayhaus Studios

If you know me, you know I love living near Lake Michigan. I take every chance to walk or paddle. I am endlessly fascinated by the palette of blues, grays, whites, creams…and then there’s all the sunrise drama out there.

I loved creating this super shimmery version of our shoreline. The edged panel hangs within a frame of LED lighting for extra shine. LOVE!

Vista: shoreline 5’ x 3.5’ glass inlay + texture c Heather Hancock 2024

Progression of an idea from inspo image to final sketch.

inspo pic with diagonal shoreline | Lake Michigan

sketch | VISTA: shoreline c Heather Hancock 2024

Urban Moments

April 25, 2024

OK. I started calling these “urban fragments” but now I’m liking “urban moments”…these little glimpses of urban beauty…generally where nature and city intersect.

VISTA

April 15, 2024

Over the past year my cityscapes have expanded to include landscapes…and lakescapes..and desertscapes…. Painted backgrounds with natural imagery foregrounded using glass inlay is a satisfying effect I’ve been working toward for a long time.

Some of these drawings have been realized as dimensional art pieces. So much potential for fresh views as graphic abstractions.

CDMX inspo | new ideas

April 09, 2024

I’ve been thinking about new ideas inspired by our trip to Mexico City last spring. Nature and city, architecture and engineering, matte textures and polished surfaces, neutrals and color, minimalism and maximalism. So many inspiring and contrasting moments in that city. I started by making small versions to test some of my ideas with this approach. Lots to explore here!!

test piece TITLE TBD | 22” x 10” glass inlay + texture + paint c Heather Hancock 2024

urban fragments01 | 22” x 10” c Heather Hancock 2024

urban fragments02 | 22” x 10” c Heather Hancock 2024

urban fragments03a | 22” x 10” c Heather Hancock 2024

urban fragments03b | 22” x 10” c Heather Hancock 2024

recent project installed | REFLECT 3@32" x 32"

February 27, 2024

Happy to see these lovelies up and shimmering in a Nashville hotel. These pieces come out of my deep belief that we are attuned to rhythms in the world around us. I explore the many powerful rhythms I find in the city which are sometimes overlooked as important aesthetic and visual rhythms.

REFLECT 3@32” x 32” hand cut glass + concrete c Heather Hancock 2023 photo credit Whitaker Art Consulting

REFLECT 3@32” x 32” hand cut glass + concrete c Heather Hancock 2023

detail REFLECT 3@32” x 32” hand cut glass + concrete c Heather Hancock 2023

REFLECT | last available 2' x 2's

February 23, 2024

Lots of ideas swirling around next directions with REFLECT/architectural series.

I learned so much working on this series. There are a few 2’x2’ pieces left. Here are some groupings.

REFLECT 1.54 shadows | REFLECT 1.36 glass+concrete c Heather Hancock

REFLECT 1.58 truss | REFLECT 1.36 minimalist | REFLECT 1.48 light study | glass+concrete c Heather Hancock

REFLECT 1.55 curve | REFLECT 1.19 black grid | REFLECT 1.48 light study | glass+concrete c Heather Hancock

REFLECT 1.43 grid | REFLECT 1.35 abstract Mies | REFLECT 1.19 grid | glass+concrete c Heather Hancock

rendering | REFLECT 1.58 REFLECT 1.36 REFLECT 1.43 each 2’x 2’ glass+concrete c Heather Hancock

REFLECT 1.54 shadow | REFLECT 1.56 concrete | glass+concrete c Heather Hancock

REFLECT 1.49 light study | REFLECT 1.48 light study | REFLECT 1.47 light study | glass+concrete c Heather Hancock

REFLECT 1.42 marina | REFLECT 1.50 perspective glass+concrete c Heather Hancock

rendering | REFLECT 1.36 + REFLECT 1.43 2’ x 2’ glass + concrete c Heather Hancock

Reflect 1.61 alley 2’ x 2’ glass + concrete c Heather Hancock

urban fragments

February 12, 2024

I just started looking at new groupings of 20”x20” pieces and can see that I’ve been working on the ‘nature and city’ theme from different angles. Random moments and contrasts from the cityscape: nature and architecture, color and grayscale, information and noise, pristine surfaces and matte textures.

rendering | ENCODE 3.21 REFLECT 6.3 each 20” x 20” | glass + concrete c Heather Hancock

These pieces can work as singles, diptychs, triptychs and grids. Super versatile.

urbanVINE 3.4 | reflect 6.4 | reflect 6.3 | grow 5.1 c Heather Hancock

encode 3.19 | reflect 6.4 | encode 3.40 | reflect 5.1

rendering REFLECT 6.5 | ENCODE 3.18 | ENCODE 3.40 each 20” x 20” glass inlay w concrete textures c Heather Hancock 2023

encode 3.14 | reflect 6.3 | urbanVINE 3.4 | encode 3.8 c Heather Hancock

encode 3.22 | Reflect6.3 | encode3.21 | encode 3.40 c Heather Hancock

grow 5.1 | reflect 6.4 | encode 3.39 | encode 3.8 c Heather Hancock

urbanVINE 3.4 | reflect 5.1 | reflect 6.4 | encode 3.40 c Heather Hancock

VISTA: grassland

January 31, 2024

This project started a couple of years ago as part of planning for a new construction healthcare facility. The clients wanted a contemporary approach to landscape. Something for a 2 story wall in a light filled atrium. The composition needed to be abstract and color-forward for viewing from a distance and then offer smaller details to engage viewers closer up. The panels will hang behind an architectural staircase giving viewers a chance to move past the work.

Color palettes were drawn directly from landscape imagery with vibrant blues to create sky. Apple, pine and fern greens create grassland. Playful circles create “edge foliage” and bring in additional hues.

Blues and greens are cooler in the distance. Small quantities of olive and lime green warm up the foreground. Iridescent glass was integrated across all panels to make a highly dynamic piece that will shift and shimmer as viewer move past the piece. An iconic black KY horse fence recedes into the distance. The built form creates a curving counterpoint to the graphic organic imagery.

An early design phase included a couple round of revisions and edits. A hand held sample helped ‘explain’ glass and concrete and light.

The fabrication phase took ~10 weeks start to finish with frames constructed first and then panels completed in pairs over the next 7 weeks.

Panels weigh between 41lbs and 45lbs (2.6 - 2.8 lbs PSF). Ordinarily I would install a metal cleat prior to thinsetting for a secure hanging. In this case, the installers want to connect the 2 pieces for hanging. Bolts were full integrated into the pieces for installers to connect to a backer board to hang vertical paired pieces.

Edges are a clean 1 3/16” anodized aluminum with a 1/8” metal outline on the face of the panel. I omitted the trim between the 2 vertically stacked panels for continuous imagery.

front face 18” trim edge | “ready to hang edged panel”

art for an Evanston dining room

January 26, 2024

Finally got in to take pix of this lovely hanging in an Evanston Airbnb near St Francis. A totally fab fresh space (for rent here: https://airbnb.com/h/historicsouthevanston).