Thursday, July 26, 2012

Installation at Appellation


I spent yesterday helping my good friend Kristel Britcher install a commission she received. The piece has been installed into a purpose built ceiling inset above the dining area of Appellation, in the beautiful Barossa Valley. 

With the assistance of JamFactory's Brad Bonar, it took us about 5 1/2 hours to install all 84 hand blown glass pieces into the recess. With only a mere 1cm gap between each piece, you can imagine how careful we had to be not to bump the surrounding pieces while we hung the next one.





Though a bit hard to tell in these images, each piece is hung at intentionally different heights (each measured to hang exactly in the right spot) to create a smooth undulation from one side the other. 






After a very long and tiresome day, Kristel's piece looks beautiful.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Exhibitions and orders


Keeping up with the trend of updating once a month, I figure it is about time to show you what I have been making over the last few weeks.

After coming back to Adelaide from Canberra, it has been nice to get strait back into it all.

I had a client who bought a tumbler of mine from an exhibition at the end of last year contact me about making five more to complete his set. This was good fun, I pulled some cane and made the cups over a weekend, sent them off, and made the client v. happy.  


I also had an exhibition opening last week, Transparency which is on at jamfactory until 25 August. 




















Over this past weekend I worked both days towards completing an order I received to make 36 purple Fusion tumblers. We were so productive on Saturday, that on Sunday I only had to make a few more cups and could use the rest of the session to make some different bowls. 

All in all, I have had a pretty productive few weeks!