Danny Lane

[5] Lane's work can be found in public spaces and collections worldwide, such as London Underground, Canary Wharf Plc, Victoria & Albert Museum, Microsoft, British Land Plc, Rolex UK, British Airports Authority, Swire Properties (Hong Kong) and General Motors (USA).

During his childhood, his family moved many times, from Virginia to West Germany, New York City’s Greenwich Village and finally Baltimore.

[2] In 1981, Lane established his first studio in London's East End, Hackney, where time spent in local workshops gave him a respect for traditional craftsmanship, and saw him begin to accumulate stacks of metal, glass and wood with which to experiment.

[11][2][12] Lane then began developing objects using industrial float glass, and by the mid-1980s he was experimenting with assemblage, uniting found materials in his furniture.

Within a year of their meeting, he was offered his first solo exhibition at Arad's influential shop One Off in Shelton Street, London, where he showed several works including Romeo and Juliet table (1984).

[1] In 1984 Lane exhibited abroad for the first time at the International Furniture Fair in Milan, making folding glass screens with sandblasted and acid etched drawings.

[4][9] The piece was constructed from inch-thick float glass, industrial nuts and bolts, forged stainless steel and aluminium.

[7] Another work from this period is Angaraib (1987), which takes its name from the traditional Sudanese rope-bed, united with the concept of the North American Indian 'horse travois'.

The work is constructed from the branches of a storm damaged London plane tree, bound together with hemp rope, on top of which sits a raft of glass.

[12][8] By 1989, Lane's focus on larger-scale works required him to move to his current studio and gallery where he is still based today, a 10,000 square foot converted factory in Willesden, West London.

[1][9] In the early 1990s, Lane's focus shifted to making large-scale glass and steel sculptures for public and corporate spaces.

Stairway is a glass and steel construction that rises up into the sky with no landing platform, designed to be reminiscent of Jacob's Ladder.

[9][35] In May 2006, Lane produced Borealis for the General Motors Renaissance Center in Detroit, USA, which is believed to be the largest glass sculpture in existence.

[37] In recent years, Aether (2013) was produced for the window of Marble Arch House, London, commissioned by British Land Plc.

[12] As well as these monumental works in industrial float glass, timbers and forged steel have played a growing role in his repertoire.