Earlier this month, I applied to the Ranamok Glass Prize; a contest open to all glass artisans working in Australia and New Zealand. I got a fancy (expensive) photo taken, got all dressed up and excited then,... didn't get in,.. to the finalists,... or the exhibition.. boo. Oh well, next year.So, now I can share these ultra snazzy photos with youz all. Enjoy. This composiiton is titled- Round. Pointed. Flat.

I have about 6 months left in my associate position at the jam glass studio. I am both excited and upset at this fact. It has been such a sweet run but it will be nice to interrupt this break-neck pace and start focusing on some particular things i want to do in glass and in life.

I will head back to Canada for xmas and January. After I visit some friends and family, I'll return to australia and start preparing for my first solo exhibition which will be around mid-year and will likely be titled 'FORMOCCENTRIC'. Stay tuned for all that!

For now, check out these snaps of my current designs/compositions/objects.

Some are tests pieces for groups that will be in the formoccentric show next year, some are just recent shapes from the furnace, and lastly, a group of fancy cups which were the result of a workshop I attended with cane master Tom Rowney, from Canberra. I highly recommend jumping at any chance to work with Tom wherever and whenever you can.. He is an excellent teacher, and a top bloke.

demo at uniSA.

rotation, revision, repeat

Action shots! here are some candid snaps from the studio.

To make glass the machine must constantly rotate the material, revise its aims and motions so that each move draws the form closer to its prototype. This process of revision is perpetually repeated until the object is safely sleeping in the gallery - Static and expensive for the children to view and purchase.

Diary Post

Here are some photos of whats in my mind and on my desk right now!

This past month at the studio I have been working on a large order for bowls and bottles. almost 50 bowls and 15 bottles have been machine-made in the last few weeks. These photos represent the process of finishing the objects; grinding and polishing the base of each piece and correlating the groups of finished objects to be delivered to my wholesaler monday morning. neat huh!

recent tests and compositions

Here are some of the images i applied to the jam with. Also, some very recent tests from 2010.

ancient prototypes

These are the results from some earlier blueprints, created in 2007 and 2008. Also, a rare image of the machine in action at Red Deer College.