2009 Finalist
Ben Edols and Kathy ElliottBrookvale, New South Wales, Australia
Capillary Leaf - Window Series
Hot formed, carved and polished glass
20 H x 87 W x 32 D cm
In recent times we have taken most of our inspiration from the natural world; leaves, pods, seeds etc. This window series is a new passage within that and has come about through an exploration of a glass blowing technique exposed within the form of the reclining leaf.
Photographer: Greg Piper
All entries as Finalist
Biography
Ben Edols | Kathy Elliott
North Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Born
3/7/1964 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Education
- 1992, Postgraduate Diploma, School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra , Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2012, Tutti, Sabbia Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Last Group Exhibition
- 2014, Kirra Illuminating Glass Award, Kirra Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Public/Private Collections
- Winners Collection, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, United States
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra , Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- State Collection, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York, United States
- City Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
- City Collection, Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
- Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States
- National Art Glass Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- State Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- State Collection, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- State Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Awards/Grants
- 2013, Artists' Grant, Arts NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2010, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 2009, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2008, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2007, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2005, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2003, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2002, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2001, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 1999, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
- 1998, Recipient, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
- 1995, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia