1996 Finalist
Deb CocksBrays Creek, New South Wales, Australia
Pond
Blown, silver stained, enamelled and engraved glass
52 H x 24 W x 10 D cm
This work Pond grew from RFC 1995. There we were at the opening last year, ponding. Around one plinth with Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott produced the idea of corresponding - on ideas for collaboration. One thing didn't much lead to another, but Ben blew me some great forms. This one presented me with the problem of having to paint and engrave on the outside. Fish, a frog with a paint brush, paint tubes, flying animals and more fish are my pond of daily life.
Who wields the paint brush in your pond?
Gaffer: Ben Edols
Photographer:
All entries as Finalist
1996 Finalist
1995 Finalist
Biography
Deborah Cocks
Brays Creek, New South Wales, Australia
Born
13/10/1958 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education
- 1985, Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts (Glass), Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 1981, Bachelor of Arts (Art History), Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2005, Double Vision, Kirra Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Group Exhibition
- 2013, Comments in Glass, Glass Artists' Gallery, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Public/Private Collections
- Winners Collection, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, United States
- Contemporary Glass, The Märit Rausing Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
- National Art Glass Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- City Collection, Brisbane City Hall Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre , Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
- Glasmuseum der Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Niijima Glass Centre, Niijima Island, Oshima Subprefecture, Japan
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Private Collection of Andrew and Deirdre Plummer
- Various Private Collections
- North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Caithness, United Kingdom
Awards/Grants
- 1995, Recipient, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
- 1993, ACI Glass Award, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 1988, Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington, United States
- 1987, Studio Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 1987, Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington, United States
