Nicola Mainville
Nicola Mainville has studied woodworking and glass techniques at various institutions including CEGEP of Old Montreal, Quebec School of Woodworking, Montreal,and Espace Verre, Montreal. He specializes in creating musical instruments from glass and carved wood; he has even given multiple lectures and performances featuring his self-made instruments. His pieces are featured in both national and international collections.
Musical instruments are for me a great source of inspiration. Composing with different cultures, composing with different materials, I create weaved instruments, between wood and silica, between tradition and innovation. I see my work as a return to the source, a movement, fragile and tribal at the same time. Loving wood, glass and music, I am looking to fuse my different fields of knowledge, my different loves, to be able to make surge unexpected objects. Through my sound research, I have come to develop a clear, pure and crystal like sound. My sculptural instruments will charm the ears of anyone who dare to try the tone.
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Desert Dew
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$3,800
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 Desert DewPrice:
$3,800
14 x 21 inches
| Artwork Location - Edmonton, AB |
14 x 21 inches
| Artwork Location - Edmonton, AB | |
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Glass Crystallophone #10
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$2,400
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 Glass Crystallophone #10Price:
$2,400
15.5 x 32 inches
| Artwork Location - Victoria, BC |
| Pate de Verre, Laminated Wood and Rope |
15.5 x 32 inches
| Artwork Location - Victoria, BC |
| Pate de Verre, Laminated Wood and Rope | |
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Nicola Mainville has studied woodworking and glass techniques at various institutions including CEGEP of Old Montreal, Quebec School of Woodworking, Montreal,and Espace Verre, Montreal. He specializes in creating musical instruments from glass and carved wood; he has even given multiple lectures and performances featuring his self-made instruments. His pieces are featured in both national and international collections.
Musical instruments are for me a great source of inspiration. Composing with different cultures, composing with different materials, I create weaved instruments, between wood and silica, between tradition and innovation. I see my work as a return to the source, a movement, fragile and tribal at the same time. Loving wood, glass and music, I am looking to fuse my different fields of knowledge, my different loves, to be able to make surge unexpected objects. Through my sound research, I have come to develop a clear, pure and crystal like sound. My sculptural instruments will charm the ears of anyone who dare to try the tone.
