CHANNEL4 BIG BROTHER GLASSTORM's Hanging Droplets

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14 June 2010

Designers put their mark on Big Brother house By Marjo Hallowell

Press & Journal / Published: 11/06/2010

THE final series of Big Brother has a special interest for two Highland artists – they have made some of the pieces on display in the house.

Viewers tuning in to the Channel 4 reality show can see glass works by Brodie Nairn and Nichola Burns.They were specially commissioned for the programme from the duo’s Glasstorm Studio at Tain and include hanging “teardrops” which have been filled with flowers.

The couple met at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen and set up their business in the north five years ago after working in Europe.
Mr Nairn said they had watched Big Brother and saw some of their works in the dining room with orchids in them.He said: “We are flattered to have been asked to contribute to the final series. “Millions of people will see our work every night. With the glass walls within the house our pieces will be able to be seen from a number of vantage points.

“I felt like a proud dad when I saw them on screen and they were lit to look like they were green when they are actually clear glass.”

Works from Glasstorm have previously been used on the set of Celebrity Scissorhands and Mr Nairn was contacted two months ago and asked to provide pieces for the Big Brother set.

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