2011 Finalist

Alasdair GordonPalmyra, Western Australia, Australia



Ribbon Dance


Blown, overlaid colour, copper wheel engraved glass
26.4 H x 13.2 W x 13.2 D cm


Think for a minute what it means to carve a human figure on glass. Skin, hair and drapery is softened to a matt finish by the engraving wheel and flows one into another - a textural illusion.


Photographer: Kevin Gordon



All entries as Finalist

Biography

Alasdair Gordon
Palmyra, Western Australia, Australia

Born
21/11/1931 Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Education

  • 1957, Diploma in Design and Crafts, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Last Solo Exhibition

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2012, STORYTELLING, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Public/Private Collections

  • National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  • City of Melville Collection, Melville, Western Australia, Australia
  • Murdoch University Art Collection, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
  • Various Private and Corporate Commissions
  • Decorative Arts and Design Collection, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Awards/Grants

  • 2011, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2009, York Society Glass Award, York Society, York, Western Australia, Australia
  • 2007, Nominated, Living Treasures: Master of Australian Craft, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 1999, York Society Glass Award, York Society, York, Western Australia, Australia
  • 1998, York Society Glass Award, York Society, York, Western Australia, Australia
  • 1981, Fellow, The Guild of Glass Engravers London, London, United Kingdom

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