Gerry King Contemporary Glass Design in Crafers, South Australia | Visual arts

Gerry King Contemporary Glass Design

Locality: Crafers, South Australia

Address: 122 Sheoak Road 5152 Crafers, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.gerryking.com.au

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24.01.2022 Glassblowing at The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey. There are production studios for furnace, kiln and flameworked glass as well as short time classes for local residents and two week international summer school workshops. {Check the website for 'post-COVID' details.}

22.01.2022 View with a Room Series. 1980. Kiln formed and assembled. Bullseye and float glass. Gerry King is an artist and designer specializing in contemporary glass. His work is exhibited, collected and published internationally. It is held in some twenty public collections worldwide. Orientated towards exhibiting, he is also sought for design and architec...tural projects. Originally trained as a glassblower he now works with a wide variety of techniques. His works often have an underlying socio-political commentary. King first worked with glass while undertaking postgraduate studies in the USA during the early 1970s. He holds a variety of academic awards in art and education including a Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong, [1993]. In the 1980's he was instrumental in the development of the Glass Studies course at the University of South Australia. Formerly the Coordinator of Glass and subsquently the Head of the School of Design he retired in 1996. On occasion he is engaged as a consultant, publishes articles on contemporary glass, teaches workshops, lectures and presents conference papers internationally. See more

19.01.2022 DELORAINE VALLEY 01_2020. The stages in making a kiln fired work using sheet, stringers, chips and powdered Bullseye glass. Wall mounted. [This work was commissioned as a birthday present for a collector in Australia.]

15.01.2022 Departure: [Shoreline Study One] 2021 295 mm High x 210 mm Wide, wall mounted Kilnformed Bullseye glass Showing at Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia... [sold]

15.01.2022 Works from the 'By the Light of the Silvery Moon' Series. C Late 1970's to early 1980's. These are from my first series in kiln formed glass.

14.01.2022 Brocade 2. 2020 Bullseye fused glass. 90 mm High x 395 mm Diameter. Stainless steel stand. To be shown at SABBIA GALLERY, Sydney, Australia

13.01.2022 Brocade 1 2020 Kiln formed Bullseye glass. Currently exhibited in 'Container' at Sabbia Gallery, Sydney Australia.

12.01.2022 Works in red. The colour of the inland deserts of Australia.

09.01.2022 Shallow water wall mounted works. 2015 -2019

09.01.2022 Brocade 1. 2020. Kilnformed Bullseye glass. Currently exhibited in 'Container' at Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia.

09.01.2022 Recent works. Fire and water.

04.01.2022 Water Water 2021 Kilnformed Bullseye glass 480 mm H x 920 mm W Exhibited in The King's School Art Prize, Sydney

02.01.2022 EXPLORED 2020 Kiln formed Bullseye glass, cold polished Wall Mounted 350 mm H x 290 mm W 25 mm D... Showing at Aptos Cruz Galleries, Stirling, South Australia.

01.01.2022 Inlet: Shoreline Study Two 2021 295 mm High x 205 mm Wide Wall mounted Kilnformed Bullseye glass... [sold]