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Life
Jörg F. Zimmermann is a german glass artist. Born 1940 in Uhingen, Germany. Jörg F. Zimmermann was studying glas 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.

Work
Zimmermann´s development are artistic glas 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.

Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:German artists

References:

Jörg F. Zimmermann. Glass artist - Verre contemporain. (Text deutsch, englisch und französisch), Arnold, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 978-3925369285 Lichtblicke. Gedichte von Rainer Schubert zu Glasobjekten von Jörg F. Zimmermann. Schröder, Diepholz 2002, ISBN 3-89728-051-5