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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.

The glass component for Hours in Wind was fabricated by the Canberra Glassworks in July 2024. Most of the pieces were hotworked by Netty Blair and Tom Rowney, but there are a few cast glass pieces.

While working on these cast glass hands, many photos of arrangements and silly props have been taken. All 40 were picked up at the beginning of the month.

26 hand moulds went in the kiln earlier this month. Even weighing out the glass for this many takes a few hours.

The most fun day in March was a full head cast for artist Hannah Gee. It was fun and stress-free because I planned and planned and planned!

I'm steadily working through my cast hands commission, and the table gets more crowded each day.

To get myself into 2025 I signed up for The Annual Art Business Reset with Josie Lewis I like her art/art history and marketing for artists'

Snaps from the studio and workshop in December plus some festive fare.

A quick look at studio life in November through snaps and one line captions.

Urban Biome is a site-specific modular art installation in Civic Square Canberra.

A big truck for a small bucket Day 2 of Inktober Plaster impression of endangered plant Grevillea Wilkinsonii laying down pretty pieces o

Smashing glass - trips to the concrete plant and spring flowers - that was September!

I have been collecting scrap glass from around the building and sorting them into broad colour categories

At the beginning of the month, I finished Svetlana Bailey's fabrication which created part of her work Still Living. We drove to Sydney...

Fabrication process for Svetlana Bailey

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

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...

All works for Belinda Fox have been completed and no doubt she is busy in her Melbourne studio preparing for her show at Ballarat...

Straight back into the workshop after the New Year. Working on projects with Nicholas Burridge, Brendan Van Hek, Belinda Fox, Jenni...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

June has unfortunately been a repeat of May, with some suspect glass causing problems in a few projects. We are remaking the objects,...

Autumn has dropped! I've been to IKEA to buy drawers for organising my storage space at the Canberra Glassworks. TROFAST is aimed at...