Posted 13 years ago
vetraio50
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I have been trying to find early pieces of Australian studio glass.
This was a purchase made online a couple of years ago.
I especially like the form of this vase which is not huge at all.
It stands only 13 cm ( 5.1 ins ) tall and is 9.5 cm ( 3.75 ins )across at the widest point. When it comes to the artist who made it size can be very large. Some of his perfume bottles, amazing surreal objects can be constructs ten times larger!
I think this is his version of 'Schaumglas'.
Nick Mount (b.1952) was among the first to become involved in studio glass blowing in Australia the mid-1970s. Quite by chance as a student in 1974 he was chosen to assist Richard Marquis on a tour of Australia in Victoria & Tasmania demonstrating blown glass sponsored by the Crafts Board of Australia and Crown Corning. I think this was called "Blow Glass Down Under". He later studied in the USA and in Europe and set up his own studio in 1978 in Victoria called Budgeree Glass. In 1984 he moved to South Australia where he and his wife were making hand-blown production glass, working with both employees and trainees. In 1985 he returned to the USA as Teaching Assistant at the Pilchuck School with Richard Marquis and Therman Statom, Washington State, USA.
This vase was produced in 1986.
"By the late 1980s Mount saw himself mainly as a manufacturer and wholesaler of production glass, and relocated his expanded to workshop to Port Adelaide. In all these studios he offered traineeships to others. When the financial backer for this business failed in 1991, Mount ran the glass workshop at the JamFactory Craft and Design centre from 1994-1997, while also establishing a studio from home. He left the JamFactory to concentrate fully on making commissions and exhibition pieces, blowing the components in the JamFactory's facilities and designing and assembling the pieces at home. During this time, Nick Mount taught in workshops and summer schools in Australia and overseas, worked with other 'masters' in this field like Paul Marioni and Lino Tagliopietra, advised on workshop development, and was president of the national glass association Ausglass, in 1987/88. He has exhibited in a number of prestigious exhibitions in Australia and overseas and was awarded the Bavarian State prize in 1996. In 1999 he received a two-year Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Board Fellowship grant, and was able to spend considerable time working with Marquis and others in the United States; teaching at the studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Red Deer in Alberta, the Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, and Kanazu, Japan; developing new work in Australia and preparing for a solo exhibition at Quadrivium gallery, Sydney and his first solo exhibition in the United States, in Seattle, in 2002."
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=348926
In 2012 Craft Australia named Nick Mount a National Living Treasure!
http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/livingtreasures/nickmount/biography
Lovely shape, colour and the honeycomb design is beautiful, very nice......:-)
Many thanks Sean and inky!
Going Green?
Hey check out this site about the Garage Sale Trail tomorrow here in Sydney and beyond:
"Tomorrow, more than 6000 households across the country will be opening their garages and inviting strangers in to flick through their records, try on their dated clothes and eat snacks.
The Garage Sale Trail was started by Darryl Nichols and Andrew Valder in 2010 as a small community festival aimed at raising awareness about illegal dumping in Bondi. In its first year 126 households participated. That number grew to 1613 last year as numerous councils started promoting the cause." Sydney Morning Herald.
Check out this site: http://www.garagesaletrail.com.au/
The politics of garage sales:
The Garage Sale Trail is a program that enables the peer-to-peer exchange of assets, resources and money on a hyper local level but with national scale. It happens all over Australia on one day, Saturday May 5th 2012.
The Garage Sale Trail is about sustainability, creativity, community and micro-enterprise.
The Garage Sale Trail is a platform for anyone who wants to make some money or raise money for a cause and for anyone who wants to connect with their community
The Garage Sale Trail is for makers & creators, local business, households, cultural institutions, charities and community groups.
The Garage Sale Trail a perfect way to discover treasure, de-clutter, have fun, make money, make a positive contribution and make neighbourhood connections.
How many are you planning to hit?
No car! So I'll be doing what I can on foot. There's a couple down the road and there's the Surry Hills market too! Probably ten. But good luck with yours too!
Lets compare outcomes tomorrow ;)
Many thanks czechman!
Hi Amber! I'm back from the morning's hunt. Three pieces of Susie Cooper and a glass bowl I believe is by Sea. That's it! I hope you do better than I did. Almost bought two other pieces but the seller reneged at the last moment. Great disappointment.
Many thanks Marc112!
Many thanks miKKoChristmas11!
Many thanks Obscurities!
Many thanks pontillo200!
Many thanks toracat!
Many thanks bratjdd!
Hi Sean! You too nidionne, thank you! I found another one yesterday.
Thanks again nldionne and to you too GreatSnowyOwl.
I'll get the photos of the new one tomorrow.
Many thanks beyemV!
Many thanks wpj!
STUNNING Kevin!!!!
Many thanks bratjdd and SEAN2!
your very welcome Kevin:)
Many thanks WPJ and MSL too!
have a nice day and I adore the color and boubles effect
Many thanks KIVATINITZ !!!!!!!
You have a great day too !!!
For anyone interested this is a link to a youtube short on Nick Mount
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoqg4VqU1sY&app=desktop
Many thanks ROYCROFTBOOKSFROMME !!!!!
Many thanks RADEGRUNDER !!!!!!
Many thanks KATHERINESCOLLECTIONS !!!!!
Many thanks AURA !!! !!!