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facilities offered by the SofA Glass Workshop rank among
the best in teaching institutions throughout the world.
The Workshop includes a fully equipped hot shop with tank
furnace, colour pot furnace, glory holes and 4 annealing
kilns; kiln forming area with 9 kilns; cutting and cold
working areas with stone and diamond cutting lathes, belt
sanding machine, pillar drill, grinding machines, diamond
cut off saw, engraving room, polishing area, sandblasting
area and a seminar and exhibition room. In addition, there
is a purpose-built studio for architectural glass work,
and within the Workshop each student is allocated an individual
work space. The Glass Workshop has established a glass data
base available on the World Wide Web to assist in the exchange
of current information and practice.
In
addition to Workshop facilities, through the Complementary
Studies Program, students can access the resources of other
Workshops within the School and University, including the
three dimensional modelling and design facilities offered
by the School’s Computer
Art Studio and the computer laboratories.
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expertise of Workshop staff is complemented by a regular
program of visiting artists and artists-in-residence from
Australia and overseas. Visitors have included Dante
Marioni, Dick Marquis, Yumiko Noda, Hiroshi Yamano, David
Reekie, Ruth King, Henry Halem, John Brekke, Kirstie Rea,
Scott Chaseling, Susan Cohn, Nick Mount and David Hopper.
Their input, through lectures, seminars, specialist workshops
and demonstrations, contributes greatly to the vitality
and professionalism of the Workshop. Art Forum, SofA Gallery,
Foyer Gallery and Photospace provide additional stimulus
from a wide range of visiting artists, crafts people and
theorists.
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are invited from school leavers and mature age students
from Australia and overseas. Prospective students are strongly
encouraged to visit or make contact with the Workshop to
discuss the various courses with staff. Students are especially
welcome to visit the Workshop on ANU Open Day, held in September
each year, to talk with staff and students, see the Workshop
facilities as well as exhibitions of staff and student work.
All prospective students are interviewed and are asked to
provide a lively portfolio that displays examples of three
dimensional work, development of ideas and good observation.
Although applicants may have had little opportunity to work
in glass, an awareness of the contemporary use of glass
in all its applications is an advantage.
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Australia
Australia's most comprehensive glass database. Resources
include: galleries, museums, individual artist and studio
listings, technical data on glass working methods, biographies
of glass workers and examples of artwork.
International
Links
Students have access to the many major events regularly
hosted by the Workshop. These events enrich the range of
expertise to which students are exposed and allow students
to develop professional connections which will be of great
value in their practice after graduation. In the 1993 National
Ausglass Conference and International Summer School was
coordinated by the SofA Glass Workshop, attracting national
and international attendance. The ongoing Latitudes workshop
and exhibition series hosted by the Glass Workshop and undertaken
in collaboration with the Bullseye Glass Company, USA, has
also attracted world-wide participation.
The Workshop has developed professional contacts with university
glass departments in Europe, Japan and the USA which students
can visit as part of the SofA's study exchange program.
Links
with industry
The Workshop has developed strong links with industry which
enrich the study program at both undergraduate and postgraduate
levels. An example of these links is the Latitudes workshop
and exhibition series undertaken in collaboration with the
Bullseye Glass Company, USA, and hosted by the Glass Workshop.
The Latitudes project, initiated by Klaus Moje and developed
to its current form by Kirstie Rea, demonstrates the enthusiasm
and drive within the Workshop. An exhibition resulting from
the Latitudes project was shown at Seto during the 1999
GAS Conference and also at the Bullseye Gallery in Portland,
USA. The exhibition toured throughout Australia in 1999–2000.
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