From Out of the West 5 - 31st August
Participating Artists
Peter Bowles
Born 1968, Birmingham, England
Master of Arts (Visual Art), Curtin University, Western Australia
Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Arts, Curtin University, Western Australia.
Studied Glass Design at Stourbridge College of Technology and Art, UK.
Awarded a Distinction in Foundation Art Studies, Solihull College of Art, UK.
Peter is the director of and co-founded the Glass Manifesto with Anne Clifton. Bowles was also a finalist in Ranamok 2007 and received the Arts development grant - Arts Western Australia in 2003.
Peter Bowles 'Murrine Cinnamon'
Anne Clifton
Born Pinjarra, WA
Art History and Architecture at Swinburne TAFE (Vic)
Sculpture at Ballarat CAE (Vic)
Sculpture and Performance at Townsville TAFE (now James Cook University Qld)
Local Government Studies at RMIT (Vic)
Ceramics at Edith Cowan University. (WA)
Ausglass Production Award in 2003 for her Gem Series Perfume Bottles and was a finalist in the Ranamok Prize in 2007.
"After setting up Glass Manifesto in 2003 and learning to be a business person, my old energy is back as an artist and I don't have to grapple with the medium - I am humbled by it. Now I can lean on it to start a discussion of those things that are important to me.
The act of physically making the Demarcation series of cast, blown, pulled and cut glass delights me with every step and is an ongoing exploration of my investigations into this combination of casting and blowing."
Anne Clifton 'Border Demarcation'
Jasper Dowding
Born 1975, Western AustraliaBachelor of Arts (Art) Curtin University of Technology
Jasper’s work is held in Holmes a Court Collection, the Art Gallery of Western Australia and private collection in Australia, North America and Europe.
Jasper Dowding 'Mourning Bangle'
Alasdair Gordon
Born 1931, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sutherland Technical School, Golspie, then Diploma in Design and Crafts, specializing in Glass Engraving, at Edinburgh College of Art.
Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers, London and his work is held in private collections world wide.
Alasdair's current interest is the carving of cameo images employing the traditional copper wheel process through cased glass in several colours.
Alaisdair Gordon 'Girl and Koi'
Kevin Gordon
Born Norway 1968, immigrated to Scotland and then to Australia in 1980.
Through his family Kevin started to develop his skills in working with glass, both his parents are glass engravers/artists and his sister a Glass blower. Working with glass for 15 years his techniques have continued to develop, first working with architectural glass until 1995, and since has been working as a glass artist/designer working with glass blowers initially in Victoria and now resides and is part of the establishment of glass in West Australia.
"In the design process of my work I look for how nature evolves, I look for the underlying logic and formulas that create nature's designs, not so much to imitate but to look how it is formed. I use this by breaking down the design to the basic elements or fractals, which repeat in a form of mathematical formula that builds up to make the whole design. Taking this into the challenge of working with glass to exhibit and expose the many qualities of the glass, to push the boundaries of what skills I have developed in cold working in conjunction with the skills of others which I work with in the hot glass in its many applied process to finally achieve my work."
Kevin Gordon 'Sea Fan'
Patricia Gordon, nee Roddan, (Rish Gordon)
Born 1935, Carlisle, England
Schooled in Nairobi, Kenya, then Diploma in Design and Craft, specializing in glass engraving, at the Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
Rish's work is held at the National Gallery, Canberra and many private collections.
Her work is done mainly with fine sand etching, through several layers of different coloured glass made to her specification by David Hay, Eileen Gordon, or Grant Donaldson. She then finishes it with hand engraving and polishing.
Rish Gordon 'Green Python'
David Hay
International Glass Centre, Dudley College of Technology, Dudley, England. Diploma in glass techniques and technology.
Bachelor of Engineering, University of Western Australia, Perth WA. Qualified with majors in Civil and Structural Engineering.
David's work is held in the permanent collections of Western Australian Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery, Ulster Museum Northern Ireland, Victoria and Albert Museum UK, Berlin Decorative Arts Museum, City of Devonport, Tasmania and in the Art Bank selected from Solo show Gadfly 2001.
David Hay
Jamie Worsley
Born 1982, Sydney, Australia
BVA Sydney College of Arts Object Art and Design – Glass, BFA Honours
Worsley’s work can be seen at State Gallery of Western Australia.
“Our attraction to light has existed since the beginning of time, all organisms, plants and animals, respond to light. Living by the ocean in Australia I am greatly inspired by the light we receive here. Shimmers and glimmers of light dancing on the water, the sun’s rays flickering through the trees, reflections and refractions and sunrises and sunsets and are all a big part of my inspiration and art making. I also draw inspiration from patterns in nature, from the flora and fauna that surrounds us, both above and below the ocean.”
Jamie Worlsey 'Lune Three'