August in the Studio
I have been collecting scrap glass from around the building and sorting them into broad colour categories
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Artist and fabricator specialising in cast glass, making art about folklore, fairytales and mythology. Casting your ideas into glass
What am I making? Well it changes from day to day - have a look!
Spike Deane
- Jul 30
- 1 min
July in the studio
At the beginning of the month, I finished Svetlana Bailey's fabrication which created part of her work Still Living. We drove to Sydney...
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Spike Deane
- Jun 30
- 1 min
June in the Studio
It is chilly outside, but pretty hot with plenty going on inside the glassworks. Mainly I have been working on a project for Svetlana Bailey
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Spike Deane
- May 31
- 1 min
May in the Studio
As one kiln door closes another kiln door opens - it has been a revolving door of casting this month. I'm casting for Lynda Draper...
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Spike Deane
- Feb 20
- 1 min
February studio snaps
All works for Belinda Fox have been completed and no doubt she is busy in her Melbourne studio preparing for her show at Ballarat...
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Spike Deane
- Jan 31
- 1 min
January studio snaps
Straight back into the workshop after the New Year. Working on projects with Nicholas Burridge, Brendan Van Hek, Belinda Fox, Jenni...
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Spike Deane
- Jan 3
- 1 min
The perfect Apron
I'm hard on aprons and in the summer cotton, not plastic is preferable. I have been meaning to make one for myself with all the bells and...
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Spike Deane
- Jan 1
- 2 min
2024 Handmade Planner
This is year 6 of making my planner by hand. Do I know you can buy them in the store? YES, BUT It helps me slow down and think about the...
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Spike Deane
- Oct 8, 2023
- 1 min
Trust the Process?
I trusted the process through ugly and kitsch and I began to despair by boring and bland. What seemed like a simple little job almost...
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Spike Deane
- Aug 13, 2023
- 1 min
INDE.Awards Trophies
In June, July, and a little bit of August I was focused on meeting a deadline for 20 Trophies to be presented at a Gala on the 10 August....
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Spike Deane
- Jul 31, 2023
- 1 min
Blackwoods Crystal
On Saturday we drove to Rubicon and had a pot of tea with James Thompson the maker of Blackwoods crystal. It was great to see his...
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Spike Deane
- Jul 19, 2023
- 1 min
July studio snaps
Nick and Tom try in a puddle of plaster - I very helpfully took a photo first! Some terrazzo samples I'm trying out to recycle glass A...
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Spike Deane
- Jun 30, 2023
- 1 min
May & June Studio review
June has unfortunately been a repeat of May, with some suspect glass causing problems in a few projects. We are remaking the objects,...
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Spike Deane
- Apr 30, 2023
- 1 min
April studio round up
Autumn has dropped! I've been to IKEA to buy drawers for organising my storage space at the Canberra Glassworks. TROFAST is aimed at...
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Spike Deane
- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
October rewind
While work continues across a few projects, Spring continues to delight me with colour and scent. Drilling and coldworking of branch...
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Spike Deane
- Sep 29, 2022
- 1 min
Coldworking master class
For 5 days I was part of Peter Nilsson's 'Perfect Imperfections: Secrets of Coldworking ' a cold-working master class. I received a...
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Spike Deane
- Sep 29, 2022
- 1 min
September wrap up
Despite some casting fails the month before I finally tick off the last cast piece in the Branches project. Clockwise from the top I...
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Spike Deane
- Aug 30, 2022
- 1 min
August round-up
In Canberra, August is chilly, sunny, and full of Spring blossoms. Clockwise from the top Spring blossom Alex Seton's diamond blow mold...
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Spike Deane
- Jul 27, 2022
- 1 min
Studio snaps
After an 8-week break (6 weeks abroad) I'm back in the mold room with new pink safety boots, new green wax, and shiny new tools. With the...
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Spike Deane
- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
Alginate is fun
We had a delay in the arrival of 21kg of alginate because the atmosphere was too damp in the supplier's warehouse to pack! Eventually, it...
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Spike Deane
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1 min
March madness
It's all GO at the Canberra Glassworks, with 2 big commissions and many smaller projects being created. I have been mixing up buckets of...
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Spike Deane
- Feb 21, 2022
- 1 min
Lifecast with Jenni
Today I set up a lifecast for artist Jenni Kemarre Martiniello. Her project starts with a silicone cast of her face. A life cast is...
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Spike Deane
- Dec 22, 2021
- 1 min
December days
Christmas isn't the only fast-approaching date. There has been a lot going on... kilns, parties, filming, shopping, eating, and just a...
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Spike Deane
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Professional mess-maker
I have been making lots of mess in the mould room recently. Wax and plaster a recipe for mess (and later cleaning up). Clockwise from my...
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Spike Deane
- Jul 27, 2021
- 1 min
Local Canberra
click for catalogue I've been working on 2 objects for the Local Canberra exhibition. Both were bowls but very different in design and...
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Spike Deane
- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min
The National 2021: New Australian Art
Kangaroo teeth at the MCA I cast some black crystal kangaroo teeth for Maree Clark in October- November last year. Tricky little things...
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