Jane Gosney    FRSA FSLL

Publications

Jane has contributed features to a number of design journals including the Art and Architecture Journal , Architecture Today, Light, Lighting Design (now Total Lighting) and regularly lectures. In her writing about light and design Jane constantly refers to daylight and the artists of Cornwall as being part of her inspiration. Her book Reflections on Light, illustrated with her own photographs, draws heavily on these themes.

In an interview with Marion Hancock for the Architects’ Journal  Jane talks about her early interests “I’ve always been excited by the interplay of transparency and form - early in my career I made furniture with inset glass pieces and I’ve done a lot of photography of sculpture – Barbara Hepworth’s especially because of their holes and hollows, the light passing through them and the shadows they make” .

When writing for Lighting Design her feelings are clear about natural light “I have chosen to reflect on what inspires me as a designer when I work. For me knowledge of the tools (for electric lighting effects) is essential but my primary inspiration is in the sky. The natural light provides the ultimate variety of moods and the colours in the sky make a dramatic palette” . The consideration of daylight is always part of her designs.