Components 2015, Photograph: Michael Condon
Components, 2015
kiln formed and cold worked lead crystal
dimension variable, installed 60 x 40 x 5 cm
private collection
This work references museological practice, natural history, collection and display. The objects resemble natural or familiar forms but are hand crafted and fantastical. Each has been modelled with wax, cast in lead crystal glass, then finished with carving and polishing.
Components, (detail) 2015 displayed in New Glass 2015 Archaeology, Excavation and the Archane, at the Canberra Glassworks, 17 June - 30 August 2015.
Components, (detail) 2015 displayed in New Glass 2015 Archaeology, Excavation and the Archane, at the Canberra Glassworks, 17 June - 30 August 2015.2015 displayed in New Glass 2015 Archaeology, Excavation and the Archane, at the Canberra Glassworks, 17 June - 30 August 2015.
Components, 2015 displayed in New Glass 2015 Archaeology, Excavation and the Archane, at the Canberra Glassworks, 17 June - 30 August 2015.2015 displayed in New Glass 2015 Archaeology, Excavation and the Archane, at the Canberra Glassworks, 17 June - 30 August 2015. Photograph Adam McGrath