Suspended Vessels

Toronto-based glass artist Bram Locknick presents ‘Suspended Vessels’, a glowing installation that transforms The Drake Hotel’s Queen Street window into a field of luminous, hand-blown glass and spectral light. Suspended from a canopy, clusters of free-blown uranium glass droplets emit an eerie green glow when illuminated by ultraviolet light, radiating across the glass façade and into the winter night.

Each vessel is formed by hand—shaped through breath, gravity, and heat—resulting in organic, fluid variations that make every piece unique. The installation explores glass as both material and metaphor: fragile yet architectural, transparent yet distortive. Viewers encounter their own reflections within the constellation of hanging forms, experiencing light not as static illumination but as a shifting presence.

‘Suspended Vessels’ highlights the ongoing importance of craft in Canada, celebrating the technical mastery and conceptual rigor embedded in the nation’s glass and design communities. In a time of mass production and automation, Locknick’s work reaffirms the relevance of human touch, precision, and care in shaping cultural identity. By merging traditional glassblowing with contemporary light technology, the installation bridges craft heritage and modern experimentation.

Installed during the darkest season, ‘Suspended Vessels’ turns a public window into a site of quiet wonder—an encounter with light that feels at once strange and familiar, fragile and enduring.