VisitArtist talks

Lucy brings elements of the outside environment, such as the light and colours, inside a room to enhance the space and illicit a certain emotional or physiological response. From the residency, she hope to build a more in depth understanding of how my current ideas and works can be scaled up in an effective and achievable way.

Starting at 4:30pm in the Engine Room

Join artist in residence Lucy Palmer in conversation about her practice and residency at Canberra Glassworks.

Tanya McArthur looks the contrasting and complimentary properties of glass and porcelain used in functional domestic setting. Tanya uses groupings of vessels to convey a sense of place and belonging.
“I utilised cameo glass techniques of layering, fusing and cold working on the diamond wheels followed by kiln slumping to form vessels. Bringing glass cold working methods to my wheel thrown porcelain vessels I also used the engraving wheels to cut and manipulate the porcelain surface in order for the two materials to share a common surface both visually and texturally.”

Sorcha Yelland explores the interrelationships of human and non-human nature. Currently using imagery from the great barrier reef, juxtaposed with the artists own body (or representations of such) to explore this relationship and the ways in which current and classical anthropocentric ideologies have impacted it.
“With these explorations I hope to highlight the blurred lines between where our bodies begin and ‘non-human’ nature ends, and hope challenge the need for such a radical divide.”

Starting at 4:30pm in the Engine Room

Join graduates in residence Tanya McArthur & Sorcha Yelland in conversation about their emerging practice and their residency.

G.W.Bot is a printmaker, painter, sculptor and graphic artist who has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally.  Works created for this exhibition were made at Canberra Glassworks during her 2018 residency where she explored the ideas of language, symbols and materials.

Starting at 2pm in the Gallery.

Join G.W.Bot in conversation about her ongoing practice and the making of G.W.Bot Glass Glyphs.

Image: G.W.Bot, Engraved Poem – Mountains, Clouds and Glyphs, 2019, glass, ceramics, stainless steel. Courtesy of the artist and Beaver Galleries. Photo: Brenton McGeachie

Giles Ryder is based between Thailand and Australia. Writing of Ryder’s practice, art critic Robert Nelson has suggested that the artist is “… energized by ambiguity, shifts and blurs in perception and meaning, and by the participation of others, in various forms”. During his residency at Canberra Glassworks Ryder will create a site specific installation for the Smokestack.

Fractured Galaxy
On display in Smokestack Gallery

Starting at 4:30pm in the Engine Room

Join artist in residence Giles Ryder in conversation about his practice and the making of Fractured Galaxy.

Artists Spike Deane, Peter Nilsson and Luna Ryan reveal their fascination for storytelling in contemporary studio glass. Their passion for old and new materials and techniques are used as a vehicle to explore different aspects of storytelling from the imagined to the modern-day. Together they demonstrate the strength of narrative based art practice today.

Starting at 2pm in the Gallery.

Join exhibiting artists Spike Deane, Peter Nilsson & Luna Ryan in conversation about their practice and the making of their works shown in Long held customs.

Image: Luna Ryan, The silent scream behind the broken screen (shadowplay), detail, 2019, cast glass, bronze, recycled television screen, courtesy of the artist
Photo: Adam McGrath