SPIKE DEANE

My words for the year are Wonder, Imagination, Movement and Patience. They define my wish to create more whimsical art, experiment with colour and movement with glass and to slow down and let the process take the time it needs.

2025 may feel like a bit of a blur right now, a few days away from the end - It is a good practice to scroll back through all the photographs and page through my planner to remind myself what I achieved. Within the chaos of creating and deadlines, looking back on the finished pieces is rewarding. Commissions and casting: Me and my small life casting team painted a full silicone head for Hannah Gee and a face for Rosalind Lemoh. Both cast their heads in different ways, Hannah

Production assistant Dylan is inspecting and packing some work for Janet Fieldhouse Calendar print proof Day 3 of Inktober Day 7 of Inktober Day 20 of Inktober Before and after heat Glorious poppies Waffle glass How small can I fold this? Recycled glass roundel donated to the CAPO fundraiser The calendar again A new goddess figurine. I love how the colours turned out with this one, at the Canberra Glassworks Shop. Surrounded by origami and waffle glass.

I'm concentrating very hard here, as I'm somewhat out of my comfort zone - snipping hot glass

I have been messing around with herringbone origami here and there over the years and it is so satisfying to fold and play with.

Canberra Glassworks mouldroom studio news. Jeff Koons pays a visit.

Studio process for casting 3D printed objects in glass.

I bought some new wax carving tools and experimented with them

Most of June was spent fabricating 8 pieces of cast glass for Nathan Beard. One is 21kg, risky in the firing process. 5 were hand forms, tricky to make silicon moulds and make smooth waxes of. I'm delighted that all 8 cast glass pieces are out of the kiln and are currently being coldworked by Peter Nilsson and Edwina Leeper - both skilled and patient craftspeople.