2009 Finalist

Emma VargaCollaroy, New South Wales, Australia



Vertigo #1 (Totally Under Control)


Fused, cast and polished glass
83 H x 9.5 W x 8 D cm


Controlling the creative process can sometimes cause a vertigo.

I’m challenging myself to the limit of my PATIENCE – first to cut 284 layers from thin glass sheets, then to assemble a mosaic of tiny glass elements and fine frits on EACH sheet, (each sheet is slightly different from the previous one), then NOT to mix up these 284 layers, because they must be fused together in particular order to form several interwoven spirals and to create a sense of movement inside a glass obelisk. Well, that causes dizziness and…VERTIGO.

To add more challenge and increase vertigo, I decided to make the shape wavy.

(P.S. If you do not feel vertigo after 2 minutes, please follow ascending yellow dots.)


Photographer: Emma Varga



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Biography

Emma Varga
Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia

Born
1952 Ada, ,

Education

  • 1975, Bachelor of Arts (Glass and Ceramics) with Honours, University of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Last Solo Exhibition

  • 2004, My Places of Green, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2014, Biodiversity and Human Impact on the Environment, Tansey Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Public/Private Collections

  • Contemporary Glass, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  • Kanazava Contemporary Glass Collection, Design Center Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Ishikava, Japan
  • Contemporary Glass, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • National Art Glass Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  • Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States
  • Contemporary Glass, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Glassmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Jutland, Denmark

Awards/Grants

  • 2012, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
  • 2012, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2011, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2009, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2009, Art Alliance of Contemporary Glass Award, 37th International Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
  • 2008, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2006, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2006, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2005, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2002, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 1990, Annual Award for Entire Opus, Association of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Antarctica

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