2O16 — 2O18
CLEAR CUT
JULIE EWINGTON
MORE THAN IN ANY OTHER FAMILY OF NECKLACES IN THIS NEW GROUP OF WORKS, THE CONFIDENCE AND INNOVATION EXEMPLIFIED IN FLOW 03 SHOWS BLANCHE NOT ONLY BUILDING ON HER PREVIOUS REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES, BUT ALSO LETTING GO OF SOME OLDER WORKING METHODS AND FINDING NEW ONES TO REVEAL THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF GLASS: ITS CLARITY, ITS EPHEMERAL PERFECTION. BUT THERE IS A FINAL REVEALING ALLUSION IN THE TITLE OF THE WORK:
TO THE STATE OF COMPLETE ENERGISED ABSORPTION IN ONE’S UNDERTAKING THAT IS KNOWN TO PRACTITIONERS OF MANY ARTS AND PHYSICAL DISCIPLINES, AND HAS BEEN GIVEN THE NAME ‘FLOW’ BY MIHÁLY CSÍKSZENTMIHÁLYI, THE AMERICAN- BASED PSYCHOLOGIST OF CREATIVITY AND HAPPINESS. TO EXPERIENCE ‘FLOW,’ IN THIS SENSE, IS TO BE BOTH LOST AND FOUND THROUGH ONE’S WORK. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST FORMS OF BLISS.
‘CLEAR CUT’
CLEAR CUT CATALOGUE, 2016
FLOW O3
2016
kilnformed and flameworked borosilicate glass, titanium
2.0 x 26.0 cm diameter
from the series CLEAR CUT. Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba City Collection 2017
Photographer: Grant Hancock
BUOY 03
2016
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, oxidised sterling silver
2.5 x 27.0 cm diameter
from the series CLEAR CUT
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
CIRCULARITY
2017
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, oxidised sterling silver
3.5 x 38.0 cm diameter
Art Gallery of Western Australia, State Art Collection. 2018/0077
Photographer: Grant Hancock
CLARITY 03
2016
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, oxidised sterling silver
15MM HIGH X 29OMM DIAMETER
Photographer: Grant Hancock
SPIN
2016-21
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, titanium, oxidised sterling silver
50MM HIGH X 30MM WIDE
CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS, NEW YORK, USA. DONATED BY RICHARD WHITELEY AND ANN JAKLE.
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
SPIN 03
2016
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, titanium, oxidised sterling silver
0.6 x 21.0 cm diameter
from the series CLEAR CUT
Photographer: Grant Hancock
ARC
2017
kilnformed, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, sterling silver, anodised titanium
9MM HIGH X 270MM DIAMETER
Photographer: Grant Hancock
ARC 02
2021
kilnformed, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, sterling silver, anodised titanium, rare earth magnets
18.0 cm diameter
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
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