2009 Ranamok Prize

Across The Lines

Hot moulded glass, paint and wire
90 H x 170 W x 5 D cm

Photographer: Mark Bellringer

Photocredit: www.Ranamok.com

"My work is inspired by the history of our land and people. It is a reflection of my thoughts on how we have evolved as a country. Retelling the stories of our heritage and setting them into a modern environment is what motivates me in my pursuit of glass works."

--Winner Lisa Walsh of Waverley, South Taranaki, New Zealand

Finalists this year were: Kate Bake, Emma Borland, Dominic Burrell, Perran Costi, Matthew Curtis, Dorde (George) Drobac, Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott, Mandy Eilbeck, Mark Eliott, Judi Elliott, Wendy Fairclough, Vicki Fanning, Brenden Scott French, Keith Grinter, Marc Grunseit, Tevita Havea, Sue Hawker, Ede Horton, Nejat Kavvas, Masaki Kawanabe,

Te Rōngō Kirkwood

"E Oho-Kua Awatea"

Fused and cold worked glass
56 H x 97 W x 0.9 D cm

Photographer: Howard Williams

Te Rōngō Kirkwood, Richard Morrell, Nick Mount, Kumiko Nakajima, Nudibranch Art Glass, Graham Orridge, Tom Rowney, Fiona Ruttelle,

Benjamin Sewell

"Local Family on Distant Bank. Millstream, North Western Australia 1978"

Hand blown glass, white overlay on black, wheel cut
32 H x 34 W x 11.5 D cm

Photographer: Tim Robinson

Benjamin Sewell, Suzannah Terauds, Emma Varga, Lisa Walsh, Maureen Williams.

"2009 marks the fifteenth year of The Ranamok Glass Prize and in celebration of this the prize money has been raised to A$15,000. The Ranamok Glass Prize is an annual acquisitive award for glass artists who are resident in Australia and New Zealand. The work presented for consideration for The Ranamok Glass Prize is expected to be a major effort in the artist's personal body of work. This work should be innovative, displaying excellence and imagination in quality of idea and execution in contemporary practice. The Prize has played a major role in achieving significant links and paths within this field of visual arts and it remains the major focus for Australian and New Zealand contemporary glass. Its success has far exceeded expectations for artists and audiences alike. We thank all those who contribute and who continue to be part of its formidable progress into the future. Maureen Cahill, Director Glass Artists’ Gallery"

2009 Ranamok Glass Prize. accessed August 30, 2009. http://www.ranamok.com/2009_detail_pages/walsh_2009.htm)

More Photos of the Ranomok Prize 2009 from Glass Central Canberra's photostream on Flickr:

"Lisa Walsh, 'Across the Lines' (detail)"
Photo Credit: Glass Central Canberra/Kelly Gang on Flickr
Accessed August 30, 2009.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glasscentralcanberra/3858789822/in/set-72157622147835534/