Desire

Kirra GalleriesFederation Square - Cnr Swanston & Flinders Streets, Melbourne Vic 3000 (enter via Atrium) Phone: +613 9639 6388 Email: [email protected] facebook.com/KirraGalleries @KirraGalleries Web: kirragalleries.com OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK. 10am - 6pm

Pictured: The Butterfly Effect (top) and Genus Typographica (bottom) by Kristin McFarlane Photo credit David

McArthur (Parallax Photography)

DesireGlass Sculpture & Wearable Art

Lisa CAHILLMikyoung JUNG

Laurel KOHUT Ruth MCCALLUM-HOWELL

Kristin MCFARLANECrystal STUBBS

Bethany WHEELER

APRIL 16 - MAY 21 2015

Glass Sculpture & Wearable Art

16 April 2015 to 21 May 2015

Seven female glass artists have been set the

challenge to make beautiful glass sculpture

complemented by wearable glass art.

Desire

Lisa Cahill Cahill uses a variety of techniques including etching, engraving, lathe working and carving through both opaque and transparent layers of glass. She is able to manipulate and control light revealing an intensity of colour and evoking notions of an ephemeral landscape. Inspired by both the natural world and the transitory nature of the urban experience, Cahill’s dreamlike images allow viewers to draw associations with their own remembered landscapes, resulting in a meditative and or emotional response. Having spent many years living and travelling the world, much of this time spent in Denmark, her mother’s homeland, Cahill’s kiln formed glass connects structures of urban architecture, the associations and memories they invoke, and her innate respect for the natural landscape. Rather than a direct reproduction they are more her own interpretation of light and landscape and become a place for quiet contemplation.

Federation Square - Cnr Swanston & Flinders Streets, Melbourne Vic 3000 (enter via Atrium)

Phone: +613 9639 6388 Email: [email protected] facebook.com/KirraGalleries @KirraGalleries

www.kirragalleries.com OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK. 10am - 6pm

Becloud #4 (blown series)

by Lisa Cahill

Blown glass, carved and polished

15.5cm h x 30.5cm w x 30.5cm d

Photo: Greg Piper

$4500

Between the woods and frozen lake #4

by Lisa Cahill

Kilnformed, enamelled and coldworked glass

28cmL x15cmH x 4cmW

$3200




Virga #3 – kilnformed and carved glass

by Lisa Cahill

Kilnformed and carved glass

28.5cm h x 48cm w x 6cm d

Photo: Greg Piper

$6000

Night Vista #2

by Lisa Cahill

20cmL x 13cmH x 3cmD

$1500




Bubble necklace (15 pieces)

by Lisa Cahill

Blown and coldworked glass, sterling silver findings

53cm long

$1100


by Lisa Cahill


47cm long

$480





by Lisa Cahill


43cm long

$400


by Lisa Cahill

With Black Swarovski crystals

45cm long

$400




Bubble earrings

by Lisa Cahill

Sterling silver findings

4cm long

$50 pair (SOLD)

Nite Vista Brooches

by Lisa Cahill

Kiln formed and enamelled glass, titanium findings

Approx 3.5cmL x 3.5cm

$290 each




Mikyoung JungMy artworks are based on the concept of contemporary ‘Nomadism’ and I explore the creative process through the ‘journaling’ of my past nomadic experiences to seek new creative approaches within the discourse of glass art. By incorporating catalogued data in the form of pictures of experienced landscapes and moments in time, computer design programs and alternative materials such as wood and metal I explore how new empirical space can be created and embody meaning into kiln-formed glass form to reflect human life and emotions into sculptural form.

My recent works are inspired by a life long fascination between the relationship of space, time and self, observing the world as a series of ‘life journeys’. I have tried to reveal my emotions of current stage of my life that is facing the unknown as well as captures other’s everyday life as an unseen observer, capturing a variety of people on their own life journey in various situations with my works.

On the edge #2

by Mikyoung Jung

30cmW x 5.6cmD x 24cmH

$4950




Sunrise to Sunset

by Mikyoung Jung

40cmW x 5cmD x 29cmH

$5500

One day somewhere #1

by Mikyoung Jung

50cmW x 4.2cmD x 16cmH

$8400 (SOLD)




On the threshold of eternity

by Mikyoung Jung

26.2cmW x 6.7cmD x 30cmH

$5500

City within a City #1

by Mikyoung Jung

32.2cmW x 6cmD x 30cmH

$6400




City within a City #2

by Mikyoung Jung

32.2cmW x 6cmD x 30cmH

$6400

A Daily Scene

by Mikyoung Jung

28cmW x 4cmD x 36.3cmH

$5500




View from Above Brooch

by Mikyoung Jung

Gem stone and hand cut sterling silver

5cmL x 4cmH

$550

Beyond….Brooch

by Mikyoung Jung


7cmL x 4cmH

$550 (SOLD)




Day at the Park Brooch

by Mikyoung Jung


6cmL x 3cmH

$550

The Still City Brooch

by Mikyoung Jung

Gem stone and hand cut nickel silver

8cmL x 4cmH

$550




The Pastoral Life Brooch

by Mikyoung Jung

Gem stone and hand cut nickel silver

8cmL x 4cmH

$550 (SOLD)

Modern Explorer Brooches

by Mikyoung Jung

Left: 4cmH x 2.5cmW

Right: 3.2cmH x 2.8cmH

$395 each




Beyond…tie pin

by Mikyoung Jung

5cmL x 2.2cmH

$395

Day at the Park – tie pin

by Mikyoung Jung

5cmL x 2.2cmH

$395




A fixture of suburban life earrings

by Mikyoung Jung

Approx 1.5cmL x 1.2cmH

$90 each

The living forest earrings

by Mikyoung Jung

Approx 1.5cmL x 1.2cmH

$90 each




Crossing Path earrings

by Mikyoung Jung

Approx 1.5cmH

$90 each

Modern Explorer earrings

by Mikyoung Jung

Approx 1.5cmH

$90 each




Unbridled City earrings

by Mikyoung Jung

1.5cmL x 1.2cmH

$90 each

Laurel KohutMy current work is an investigation into the ways in which we form relationships with objects. I believe that jewellery items are some of the most poignant objects that come into our lives. These objects can become intimate, symbolic, treasured, or personal. By re-creating the aesthetic forms of jewellery in the fragility of glass the exploration of their varied emotional significance becomes possible. As jewellery traditionally is a personal object that is worn on the body, within this body of work it becomes an allegorical vehicle for emotional concepts.

For this exhibition I wanted to create some work about an issue that affects my friends, family and colleagues. There is no comprehensible reason why people should be discriminated against based on whom they choose to love.




Adornment – Bead/necklace sculpture

by Laurel Kohut

56cmL x30cmW

$2600

For my heart’s desire

by Laurel Kohut

36cmH x 27cmW x 9cmD

$2200




More than words

by Laurel Kohut


$2200

Equality – large rainbow rings (pair)

by Laurel Kohut

9cmD x 2.2W

$4400 (SOLD)




Pride Rings – small rainbow rings

by Laurel Kohut

Sizes available

O and a half, Q and a half, T and a half, W, Z

$275 each

Link Brooches

by Laurel Kohut

7cmL x 1cmH

$275 each




Loop Brooch

by Laurel Kohut

5cmL x 5cmW

$330

Ruth McCallum-HowellMargins are edges.

Points where things meet.

Medically, clear margins are a great joy.

When it comes to my relationships with people, it is their margins that are of concern to me, the points and edges which touch others.

To see these works it is necessary to look at the margins of the glass, and the space between.

Sometimes you can know someone for a long time; look at them often, but something shifts in your perception…… then you “see” them.




Margins: She Turned

by Ruth McCallum-Howell

68cmH x 39W x9cmD

$7700

Margins: She Danced



$4700




Genesis


Cast sculpture: Dichroic arch in pink gold ruby with dichroic face

$4400

Rhizome VII: Lyre


Cast sculpture: pale rhubarb with coral orange tips and dichroic laminations

70cmH x 56cmW X 7.5cmD

$7700




Geode Micros – Pendants


Approx 7cm x 7cm

$290 each

Geode Micros – Pendants on chain


Approx 7cm x 6cm

$320 each




Geode Micros – Brooches


Approx 7cm x 7cm

$270 each

Kristin McFarlaneSince becoming a glass artist, my practice has been concerned with finding

methods of transferring type and images into glass. This interest stems from my

background as a graphic designer and working with glass has presented new

opportunities to work with graphic elements in a three dimensional construct. I

fuse historical and personal narratives within layers of glass to capture memories,

while the fragile qualities of glass allow these sentiments to be transformed into

precious time capsules which illustrate the delicate balance of life, relationships,

memory, fragility and longing.

Genus Typographica series

The rapidly changing world of abbreviated communication is causing the hand

written word to lose its relevance in today’s society. The Genus Typographica

series attempts to combine the worlds of design and glass through the use

of typography and imagery. By fusing fragments of text and calligraphy with

butterflies – insects we associate with fragility, beauty and a short lifespan – I am

metaphorically preserving the beauty of the written word, handwriting, calligraphic

flourishes and personal touches now somewhat lost with the development of

new technology.

Free standing pieces

This series of blue, layered works is an exploration of fragile and evocative worlds

both real and imagined, creating a shared imaginative space rich with promise

but poignantly connected to the past. They are pieces for contemplation and

reflection: of moments caught in time, quiet moments in conversations, the

tranquility of the garden and the unfathomable depths of the ocean. The use of

the butterfly motif again acts as a reminder that these moments are fleeting and

magical, the kind of moments which become memories.




Contemplation

by Kristin McFarlane

Kiln formed glass, decals, fibreglass

27.5cmH x 19.2cmW x 3cmD

$3300

The Conversation


Kiln formed glass, decals, fibreglass


$3300




Unfathomed I


Kiln formed glass, decals, fibreglass, silver leaf


$3300

Unfathomed 2


Kiln formed glass, decals, fibreglass, silver leaf


$3300




The Butterfly Effect 2


14.8cmW x 21cmH x .8cmD

$660

The Butterfly Effect 3


14.8cm x 21cmH x .8cmD

$660 (SOLD)




Genus Typographica


104cm L x 40cm W

$4840

Genus Typographica necklaces


$130 each




Genus Typographica brooches


$110 each

Crystal StubbsLewis Carroll’s classic novel ‘Alice in Wonderland’ was the inspiration for my latest series of work ‘Whimsy’. The unique and surreal characters that intertwine to create an unforgettable story. Talking animals, a smoking caterpillar, a disappearing cat and a queen obsessed with beheading,

‘Whimsy’ endeavours to take the viewer into a world of fanciful happenings and magic. I invite you to use your imagination and venture down the rabbit hole to a place that children frequent daily, but is often a distant memory for the rest of us.




Who are you?

by Crystal Stubbs


$1980

How long is forever? Sometimes, just one second.

by Crystal Stubbs

37cmH x 27cmL x 17cmW

$2450




I growl when I’m pleased, and wag my tail when I’m angry. Therefore I’m mad.

by Crystal Stubbs


$2450

She had never seen such a curious croquet game in all her life.

by Crystal Stubbs


$1980




It’s very easy to take more than nothing.

by Crystal Stubbs


$1980 (SOLD)

Here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place.

by Crystal Stubbs


$1550




Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t.

by Crystal Stubbs

40cmH x 9cmW x 9cmD

$1350

Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.

by Crystal Stubbs


$1350




We’re all mad here.

by Crystal Stubbs

22cmH x 9cmW x 7cmD

$660

Off with her head – OFF

by Crystal Stubbs

28cmH x 26cmD

$770




If it was so, then it might be, and if it were so, it would be, but as it isn’t, it aint. That’s logic.

by Crystal Stubbs

12cmH x 5cmW

$550

I’m Late, I’m Late

by Crystal Stubbs

24cmH x 6cm D

$770 (SOLD)




Are you content now?

by Crystal Stubbs

44cmH x 38cmW x13cmD

$4400

Door Mouse

by Crystal Stubbs

3cmH x 4cmW x 4cmW

$200




White Rabbit

by Crystal Stubbs

4cmH x 3cmW

$200

Tea Pot

by Crystal Stubbs

5.5cmH x 3.5cmW

$160




Tea Party

by Crystal Stubbs

3cmH x 2.5cmW

$160

Tea Party Earrings

by Crystal Stubbs

1.5cmH x 1.5cmW

$90




Wonderland

by Crystal Stubbs

5cmH x 2.5cmW

$550

Off with her head

by Crystal Stubbs

4cmH x 3cmD

$380




The question the dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought

by Crystal Stubbs

4cmH x 4cmL

$380

Five

by Crystal Stubbs

5cmH x 4cmW

$200




Flamingo

by Crystal Stubbs

3cmH x 6cmW

$270

White rose painted red

by Crystal Stubbs

5cmH x 5cmW

$270




But a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever saw.

by Crystal Stubbs

4cmH x 7cmW

$350

Drink me

by Crystal Stubbs

5.5L x 3cmW

$270




Bethany WheelerI am interested in how landscape, place and history can create an imprint on people and inform their sense of belonging.

I am drawn to working with glass because we live in vitreous environments; it’s a material that surrounds us in almost every part of life.

Glass allows light to fill space, letting objects visually materialize and dematerialize simultaneously whilst describing interior and exterior space.

It is charged with fascinating material paradoxes, fragility | solidity, liquid | solid, transparent | translucent | opaque – it is a hybrid that illustrates notions of the human condition and ways of seeing. These works reference real and manifested landscapes inspired by time spent in coastal Victoria.

The Point

by Bethany Wheeler

Fused and slumped glass

75cmL x 30cmH x 12cmD

$5750




Estuary Bend

by Bethany Wheeler

Fused and slumped glass

81cmL x15cmH x18cmD

$4400

Eastern View

by Bethany Wheeler

Fused glass with aluminium wall fittings

86cmL x 27.5cmW x 1cmD

$5750




Inlet

by Bethany Wheeler

Fused glass triptych wall panel

57cmW x 20cmH x 1cmD

$3750

Ribbon Bangles

by Bethany Wheeler

Fused glass

9cmD x 3.5cmD

$270 each




Three Quarter Moon Neckpiece

by Bethany Wheeler

Fused glass on silk with sterling silver findings

6cmW x 5cmH x .05D

$360

Full Moon Neckpiece

by Bethany Wheeler


6.5cmD x .5cmD

$360




Half Moon Neckpiece

by Bethany Wheeler


6cmW x 3.5cmH x .5cmD

$360

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