Artist Statement: My interest in glass began in 1982, when I found a book entitled
‘Glassblowing by Frank Kulasiewicz in the local library. Hamilton Victoria.
Since then, I’ve set up workshops in Western Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Sydney.
 We use professional-quality Gaffer glass. The clear glass is melted in the main furnace and the range of over 120 colours as a solid bar. Powder chips and cane.
The process of shaping the glass is often time-consuming, requiring patience, but there are critical moments of intense activity and concentration. Each step in the process affects the outcome, and the piece is often quite different to what was planned.
Working with hot glass can be strenuous and exhausting. A large piece can take over an hour to make. After the blowing is finished, the piece is cracked off the pipe and placed in an annealing oven, which stops the glass from
breaking. It's exciting to unload the oven a couple of days later and touch the glass. Then there is the job of cutting and grinding the pieces and finally displaying.
Glass is durable but fragile, cool and smooth to touch, alive with light and
colour. Hot glass is a very challenging material to work with, technically and artistically.