2001 Finalist
Richard MorrellCastlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Mokume vessel
Blown, ground and polished glass
34 H x 24 W x 15 D cm
My intention with this new work has been to pursue my fascination in contrasting textured and polished surfaces, by adaptation of a traditional Japanese metalworking technique known as Mokume.
Through a crossing of cultural and disciplinary boundaries, a depth of surface which I previously found unattainable, has been achieved.
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Biography
Richard Morrell
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Born
11/12/1953 London, Surrey, United Kingdom
Education
- 1999, Master of Visual Arts (Glass), Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 1979, Bachelor of Design (Glass) with Honours, Stourbridge School of Art, Stourbridge, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2008, Atavus, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Group Exhibition
- 2013, Cicely and Colin Rigg Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Public/Private Collections
- Public Collection, Museum of Art and Craft, Steintorplatz, Hamburg, Germany
- Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Jutland, Denmark
- Toho Corporation Collection, Japan
- National Art Glass Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- State Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- State Collection, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- State Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- State Collection, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Kerfoot Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- Private Collection of Dan Klein and Alan J. Poole
Awards/Grants
- 2013, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2009, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2001, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2000, People's Choice Award, RFC Glass Prize, Sydney, Australia
- 1999, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
- 1995, Graduate Scholarship, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 1995, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
- 1993, Development Award, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 1991, Prizewinner, Ausglass Members Show, Ausglass, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 1987, Development Award, Canberra, Australia
- 1985, Design Award, Gas and Fuel Corporation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia