Te Rongo Kirkwood

"Te Tau Hou"
Photo Credit: New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass

http://www.nzsag.co.nz/TeRongo-Kirkwood#

Best in glass category at the 2009 Royal Easter Show, NZ: "Puawai" by Te Rongo Kirkwood
Photo Credit: NZSAG
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2009 NZSAG: "I am writing this after spending time receiving glass art for the Royal Easter Show, setting up the display, thankfully with help from a couple of tireless fellow artists and then today watching the judging. This year there are 47 entries compared with the 28 for 2008. This makes a big difference to the size of the display and the amount of work to get everything arranged to show off pieces to their best. This year there are quite a few wall hung pieces – some mosaics but also some other pieces. These provide a colourful display against which the other plinths and art are displayed. I previous years most pieces have been cast and this is again the case but there are a few blown pieces and a number of laminated piece as well as fused and slumped pieces. The judges were pleased to see new artists’ work and were unanimous in their choice of the winning pieces.
It was interesting to see some of the artists were presenting very different pieces than their traditional “bread and butter” lines of work. In some cases even people who are familiar with the art glass scene were stumped when asked to identify the artist responsible for certain pieces.
Congratulations to Te Rongo Kirkwood for winning the Art Glass section with her stunning fused and slumped piece “Puawai,” This piece was auctioned but passed in then sold immediately after the auction."

New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass. "Newsletter 12" April 20, 2009. accessed August 30, 2009. http://nzsag.blogspot.com/2009/04/newasletter-12.html

The Artist's Website: http://www.terongokirkwood.com/

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/