2005 Finalist

Stephen SkillitziBrighton, South Australia, Australia

Step Away From the Shadows

Graal-encalmo blown, slumped and plated glass
120 H x 45 W x 35 D cm

Real life Fashion and Advertising champion fresh faced sophisticated Youth Culture. Similarly Glass world popularity stakes favour refined ‘cool-school’ objects, overshadowing battle scarred ‘tough-stuff’. This sculpture finally reconfigures its crusty ‘pre-loved’ components. This meandering process parallels life’s journey through ‘thick ’n’ thin’. ‘Mutton dressed up as lamb’ or ‘Latter-day debutante’ - your choice!

Photographer: Stephen Skillitzi

All entries as Finalist

2005 Finalist

Stephen Skillitzi
Step Away From the Shadows

 

2002 Finalist

Julio Santos and Stephen Skillitzi
Top Forty Glass History Pecking Order Bowl

 

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