after/Landscape – Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2009, part 2
Upon my return to Canberra, I was billeted in a residence reserved for artists working at Canberra Glassworks. I was fortunate to be hosted by the glassworks and to be working alongside Ruth Allen, a master glass artist who would help facilitate my project – the casting in glass of a straw beeskep/hive as an architectural model. It was a long complicated and fascinating process with the result of two beautiful glass beeskeps, one clear, sandblasted crystal and the other in black crystal. I can’t thank Ruth enough for her generosity and her expertise and this is an experience I will always treasure.
While in residence I became very interested in the glass blowers working in the hot glass studios. It was there that I was able to complete a smaller project where I blew a small handheld glass orb with the intention to use it as a lens with my camera.
after/Landscape – Australia and Canada 2009-2011
The multi year project was the curatorial brainchild of Barbara McConchie (Craft ACT Design Museum, Canberra, ACT, Australia) and Anne O’Callaghan (The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario Canada). The project took place between 2009-2011 with artist residency exchanges, workshops, artist talks and exhibitions in Australia and Canada. In Australia each artist was hosted by an art centre such as Craft ACT, Canberra Glassworks, Megalo Print Centre and the Print and Sculpture departments at The Australian National University. In Canada, The Tree Museum was the main host for the artists to build in situ works in the forests of Muskoka culminating in the prestigious annual exhibition.
www.craftanddesigncanberra.org
