WALL AND FREESTANDING SCULPTURES AOTEAROA, NEW ZEALANDBen Young is a technically finessed glass artist who creates explorations of the local landscape through evocative glass forms. Each work offers a unique tension between industrial materiality and organic subject matter. His sculptures capture the natural world with extraordinary precision, using layers of glass to evoke the beauty, power, and fragility of the environment.His artistic practice uses the raw mediums of glass, concrete and steel to explore the relationship between man-made structures and the natural world. Fascinated by the contrast between the organic forms found in nature and the geometric shapes of our built environment, his work seeks to bridge these two seemingly disparate worlds. Drawn to the translucency of glass, which allows him to play with light and shadow in a way that highlights the contours and details of the work.Young’s journey into glass sculpture began with a fascination for the material’s versatility and its ability to capture both motion and stillness. He creates intricate, layered compositions that appear almost alive, with light refracting and shifting through the glass to mimic the ebb and flow of water or the fluid motion of wind across a landscape. His sculptures invite viewers to engage with the environment in a new way, offering a poignant reminder of nature’s vulnerability and the importance of preserving it for future generations.