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My Glass Tour: Hello Berlin!

From Småland to Berlin: Art, Adventure, and Urban Explorations | Lathe Riders' Journey

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The International Biennale of Glass in Sofia, Bulgaria

The International Biennale of Glass in Sofia, Bulgaria opens on the 6th of October to the public.

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Grit & Wheels Exhibition at Glasmuseum Frauenau

The Lathe Riders present Grit & Wheels Exhibition at the Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany till 4th of November 2023!

After an intense week of work, conversations and creativity the Lathe Riders group exhibition, Grit & Wheels, opened at the Glasmuseum Frauenau. The exhibition can be viewed till 4th of November 2023 and all works are for sale. Please contact the artists or Glasmuseum Frauenau for more details. Several of my Precious Beasts as well as “This Is Not A TV – Africa” are on show for the first time…

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Un-frame your mind

Art in the framed age of surveillance where mass media manufactures consent and we live our digital lives consuming content.

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The 7 Glass Wonders

The 7 Glass Wonders

The United Nations declared 2022 the International Year of Glass. Countless events, and activities across the globe took place throughout the year, celebrating glass in all its glory — from science, sustainability, industry and technology, to art, history and culture.  A worldwide callout was launched to find the 7 Glass Wonders. Over 50 proposals, submitted by regional organisations from each…

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Combining Pinhole Photography with a Variety of Lenses

Venturing into the realm of #pinhole #photography has broadened my perspective on the art of image making.

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Precious Beasts Photograms

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Fired Up! - Celebrating Southern African Glass Art

Fired Up! opens at the Pretoria Art Museum on Saturday the 3rd of September.

Fired Up! – Celebrating Southern African Glass Art opens at the Pretoria Art Museum on Saturday the 3rd of September. 2022 is the United Nations’ International Year of Glass. A multitude of international events are planned throughout this special year, and several local institutions have been hard at work to ensure that southern Africa is featured on this prestigious global calendar.  From 3rd…

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SculpX 2022 at The Melrose Gallery

SculpX 2022 at The Melrose Gallery

SculptX, the biggest sculpture fair of the year, opens next week at The Melrose Gallery The fifth rendition of SculptX will showcase over 200 works in diverse materials and renditions. I’m excited to once again be part of this prestigious annual exhibition celebrating the breadth of Southern African art with a selection of Precious Beasts. SculptX opens to the public on the 1st of September…

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Meta Phor - Surreal Collages, Now Available on Foundation.app

Meta Phor NFTs available at Foundation.app! @foundation #NFTphotography #foundationapp

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New Glass Now Exhibition, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan

New Glass Now Exhibition, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan

News just in!! New Glass Now opens at the Toyama Glass Art Museum on the 16th of July 2022. New Glass Now premiered at The Corning Museum of Glass (USA) in 2019. This international exhibition of contemporary glass art follows the “New Glass: A World Wide Survey” exhibition of 1979 , when the annual publication New Glass Review was launched.  “Uniting the various forms New Glass has taken is a…

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Carving Light, the Sculpture for Silwerskermfees 2022

Over the following weeks Haddad and film crew peered over my shoulders, filming the creation of "Carving Light" for the @Silwerskermfees #cutglass #iyog2022 #filmindustry #glassdocumentary #coldwork #glasssculpture

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Early Morning Eye Exercise - Watching the Planets Slide Past Each Other

Early Morning Eye Exercise - Watching the Planets Slide Past Each Other #planets #solarsystem #skywatching #astrophotography #astronomy

Clambering up our water tower, before the sun even signals the beginning of a new day, I can observe the motions of our solar system. Planets with names 25 April 2022 29 April 2022 29 April 2022 – Plane streaking past… This ritual gives me perspective on the grand scheme of things. How small we truly are… For months Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn have been sliding past another. (Neptune is…

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Precious Beasts Photogram NFT

Precious Beasts Photogram NFT

Light and glass are married and this relationship has always been fascinating to me. Complimenting my current exhibition at Ebony in Franschhoek a small selection of Precious Beasts Photogram NFT’s are now available on OpenSea! During our lockdown waves of the past two years I dusted my darkroom equipment off and started printing photos. Looking at photos I took of my work a proverbial bulb lit…

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Precious Beasts - Glass Sculpture Exhibition at Ebony Franschhoek

Precious Beasts – Glass Sculpture Exhibition at Ebony Franschhoek

Precious Beasts is the title of my upcoming exhibition at Ebony/Curated and the fantastical series of glass sculptures I have been working on. Pixel Cat These beasts started appearing whilst watching the shadows play against the walls in my proverbial cave. Thoughts coalesced through reading papers on the origins of material culture and how abstract symbolism links the humans lineage. What…

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New Glass Now at the Renwick Gallery, Washington DC

The New Glass Now exhibition at the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery in Washington DC will conclude on the 6th of March 2022. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZUfDMZJowG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link It has been an indescribable feeling to be part of this seminal show highlighting the possibilities and diversity glass offers as an expressive medium. 50 artists from more than 23 countries form part of…

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COLLECTION '21 - FINISSAGE at Galerie Michael Bella, Vienna

COLLECTION ’21 – FINISSAGE at Galerie Michael Bella, Vienna

Galerie Michael Bella cordially to invites you to the final view of “COLLECTION ’21” on Thursday, January 27th 2022, 18:00 – 22:00 Join us for a guided tour through the fine selection of artworks of artists represented in the gallery collection. The media covered in this exhibition include painting, textile and glass and will be on view on the ground floor and on the 3rd floor in our gallery…