Adventurous and collectible glass art work sparkles in Tropical Australia!Collectible glass art work in Australia and especially tropical glass art work is a relatively recent art form, the result of the introduction of the subject into a number of tertiary art courses in the country over the last thirty years or so and influenced by a small number of glass artists from Europe. Glass art from Tropical North QueenslandOf recent times Ola and Marie Hoglund , originally from Sweden, have established a studio and home in the rainforest north of Port Douglas. They spend part of the year there and the rest of their time in New Zealand. Renowned for their glass graal forms, they produce one-off pieces reflecting aspects of the tropics.Judith Bohm Parr’s studio and gallery is situated at Fishery Falls, south of Cairns. Here she pursues her interest in kiln formed glass art work, including jewellery made from pate de verre and dichroic glass and glass art beads as well as her ‘production’ Studio 8 glass art work, featuring images of rainforest flowers and Great Barrier Reef fish. Glass artist and painter, Beat Urfer’s glass art work is inlaid into acrylic paintings to present the most unusual of highly collectible glass and painting art pieces, most of which relate stories and legends of modern or ancient civilizations. To top of collectible glass |
