Tom has a shortlisted entry in the Tom Malone Glass Prize, Dancey Merganser and Buddy,  comprising of two charming, many-faced bottles using a variety of traditional and contemporary glass blowing techniques.
Tom has a shortlisted entry in the Tom Malone Glass Prize, Dancey Merganser and Buddy,  comprising of two charming, many-faced bottles using a variety of traditional and contemporary glass blowing techniques.
Pixie Perch (L) and Dancey Merganser (R) Â are part of the 2023 Tom Malone Glass Prize exhibition, now in it’s 21st year and features 23 artists from Australia and New Zealand.
A statement about the work:
I am inspired by venerable ancient traditions of comical representational vessel-making. Â In this case figurative bottle/bodies with heads that are removable stoppers. Â The visual joke is enhanced by the addition of faces on both bottle and stopper so the characters can be perceived as “right way up” or as standing on their enormous heads.
These curious antipodeans are intended to delight but my reason for making them is more than just fun. Â I playfully combine human, plant and animal features in the hope of bamboozling conventions of representation and perception. Â I believe there are great possibilities for profundity in absurdity.
The exhibition is on at Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA from March 21st to April 28th 2024. Â Special Thanks to Sheryl Grimwood and Elizabeth Malone.
Update: Congratulations to Liam Flemming for winning the Tom Malone.
Dancey Merganser and Pixie Perch have been sold.
