Studio Tenant
2022 Recipient of Canberra Glassworks Mentorship
With over twenty years’ experience, Annette Blair is an established glass artist specialising in glassblowing and cold working.
Based at Canberra Glassworks and her own studio in Burra, NSW, she is both a designer and maker, dedicated to refining technical processes to create meticulously crafted objects and one-of-a-kind artworks for exhibition.
Annette creates works for exhibition as well as fabricating glass for high profile artists and clients. She is frequently sought after to teach glass blowing and glass painting nationally and internationally.
“My personal work has always been inspired by memories and connections to both people and place.”
– Annette Blair 2025
Completing her honours degree in 2004 at the Australian National University, Canberra School of Art, Annette relocated to Adelaide where she completed the hot-glass associate training program at JamFactory contemporary craft and design centre. Since returning to Canberra in 2008, she has continued to grow her diverse practice. Annette was recently awarded the Vicki Torr International Year of Glass Prize for ‘A quiet afternoon in May’, 2022, which was shown at her Canberra Glassworks solo exhibition in 2022