2001 Finalist

Emma Camden, Wanganui, New Zealand



The Longitude Vessel


Cast glass
19 H x 55 W x 19.5 D cm


To cross the oceans, men needed the lines of longitude to guide them. Carved into the surface of a glass vessel, the lines represent the perilous nature of the journey into the southern hemisphere.


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Biography

Emma Camden
Whanganui, Manawatu / Wanganui, New Zealand

Born
21/9/1966 Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Education

  • 1991, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Glass and Ceramics) with Honours, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Last Solo Exhibition

  • 2014, Fragmented Memories, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2013, Polished, Gallery 33, The Arthouse, Wanaka, West Coast, New Zealand

Public/Private Collections

  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, New South Wales, Australia
  • Winners Collection, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • Glassmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Jutland, Denmark

Awards/Grants

  • 2007, Grant, Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa, New Zealand
  • 2005, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2001, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 1999, Recipient, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
  • 1998, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
  • 1996, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia