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22 Aug

Kiaora - 2024

Greetings

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22 Aug

Land and Sea - 2024

A gentle curve in orange and green. Kiln formed and shaped to highlight the contrast between opaque and transparent glass.

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22 Aug

Bubbly Boat - 2024

Having spent a lot of my life afloat I am always attracted to the colours of the ocean. This piece highlights shape, colour and texture in forms experienced while afloat.

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22 Aug

Light and Dark - 2024

A piece with highlights the vibrant colours which can be found in fused and slumped glass. This piece contains both opaque and transparent glass with both working off each other to generate flashes of colour.

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22 Aug

“Beyond the Falls” - 2024

The exploration of water as both a commodity and a source of life invites a reflection on our relationship with this precious resource. This work offers a perspective of water as a fundamental symbol, representing purity, healing, renewal, and the interconnectedness of life. This duality raises important questions: Are we merely consumers of water, or […]

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22 Aug

“Into the Wild” - 2024

Traverse this dreamlike realm, revealing hidden wonders – here, in this ethereal sanctuary, we can meditate upon the abundance of the natural world, a reminder of our intrinsic connection to the Earth. It invites us to pause, breathe deeply, and appreciate the gifts that often go unnoticed in our everyday hustle. In the wilds of […]

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20 Aug

Eve - 2024

Greenstone/ pounamu The apple is traditionally used to represent the fruit of the “tree of knowledge of good and evil “ By partaking of the fruit we are banished from the abundance of the garden. We must work for a living. We form tribes, armies, cities, nations. We create tools, weapons, medicine, art. Our science […]

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20 Aug

Cornucopia/ Horn of Plenty - 2024

Nature provides. Man expropriates, modifies, adapts, utilises. But is ultimately dependent on the abundance of the Natural World

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20 Aug

Sometimes I forget to look up. An aid to standing upright - 2024

Carved faces on lacebark. Walking sick in pollarded plane stand

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20 Aug

Untitled - 2024

This work examines the contrast between light and darkness, Wile balancing the harmony of symmetry with the intrigue of asymmetry

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