Curated by Margaret Hancock Davis, Transparency, presents a community of studio tenants and hirers working at Adelaide’s JamFactory. The chosen artists tell a story of the diverse nature of practice in the glass studio. The exhibition will unpack the processes and techniques of contemporary glass practice exploring pate de verre, venetian cane work, murrini and kiln formed glass.
At its inception in 1973, the Glass Studio was housed in a big iron shed behind an historic former jam factory. JamFactory moved in the early 1990s to a purpose built facility in Adelaide’s West End. It is the longest running hot glass studio in Australia and despite its inner city surrounds retains a gritty, down to earth atmosphere.
At the core of the Glass Studio is its training-through-production program, which harks back to a pre-Renaissance era of collective artisanship. In this environment master glass artists work alongside Associates developing their skills. The result is a strong, vibrant, and highly skilled community of craftspeople who work together to create custom one-off commissions, architectural work, small production runs, fine art pieces and corporate gifts.
Transparency features Nicole Ayliffe, Penny Fuller, Tegan Empson, Brenden Scott French, Kumiko Nakajima, Mariella McKinley, Hilary Crawford, Patrick Primeau, Kristel Britcher, Amanda King, Madeline Prowd, Danielle Rickaby and Jaan Poldaas.
Jamfactory
July 6 to Aug 26
South Australia
Mariella McKinley, Kaleidoscope Series, 2011, Blown and coldworked glass, 17 x 12 x 12cm
