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GlassWeekend 2013
Above: (right) Detail, (left) Textile 2010 #12, height 300mm, diameter 220mm
All works; Cold assembled, hot worked murrini, blown, ground and polished.
Guest Demonstrating Artist
Giles Bettison, a graduate of Australia's Canberra School of Art, is known for both artistic and technical innovation. While still a student, he applied an ancient Venetian glassworking technique – the fusing of bundled glass cane cut into patterned slices called murrine – to a new material: an American-made colored sheet glass. By using strips of sheet glass instead of cane, Bettison was able to achieve the appearance of woven textiles. He has applied this technique to a variety of forms, from traditional vessels to sculptural blocks mounted on steel.
Bettison has said, "My work is an exploration of my movement through life, expressed in colors, patterns and forms. The light and color in rural and outback Australia are part of my experience of connecting to place and people. I use abstract representations of these and other places to explore my feelings; I want to include some essence of what these places mean to me."
During Glass Weekend, Bettison will give a presentation focusing on goes on in his mind as he plans and executes his art work. He will delve into the highlights of his artistic life - mentors, experiences, and his own students - anything that has fostered the creation of the work that we so admire. He will also be one of the featured demonstrators.
Selected Permanent CollectionsMuseum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Australian National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Bullseye Glass Co., Portland, OR
Centro Videro do Norte Portugal, Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
City of Hobart Art Gallery, Hobart, Australia
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Resource Finance Corporation, Sydney, Australia
