Sketching while they work; when your doodles come out better than your photos! Yesterdays awesome demo at Lava glass #martinjanecky #glassblowing #lavaglass #lifedrawing #fun
Saturdays (large) chalk sketches, one plein air, one life and one from a collage. Ideas brewing for new works. #saturday #sketching #blackandwhite #glassengraving #moon #sky #plants
Drawing on research; studio sunday. #blackandwhite #drawing #studio #glassengraving #studies #sunday #peterperyer #hockney #meldouglas
When bored in the engraving studio, hang things form@the ceiling #playtime #mobile #glassart #calder #drawing#crystal #fakegems #bored
The rewarewa pair back and transformed into mirrors, soon to go to a new home in New Plymouth. #engravedglass #mirror #rewarewa #newplymouth #glassart #engraving #drawing #plants #trees #commision
Day four, engraving workshop @ my studio. You didn’t get day three, we were too busy! This is after pass the glass, a delightfull exercise from @aprilsurgent . We filled our glasses with local champagne. Tired but happy students. Big thanks to @katharine.coleman . #glassengraving #smallstudio #bigheart #aroha #drawing #studio#teacher
Day two of engraving 101 in my studio. Happy students, happy life! Lots of diverse practise and curious minds=lots of demos and explanations with @katharine.coleman #glassart #learning #teacher #engraving #workshop
Engraving 101 with Katharine Coleman at my place. Six students, one teacher, one t/a. Day one down, three to go! Tired but happy students #engraving #workshop #myplace #glassart #thecolab2019 #drawing #teacher
Finished pair, off to the mirror folk tomorrow! #phew #engraving #glass #art #drawing #mirror #studio #rewarewa
Rewarewa, almost there! Engraving 2 to be mirrored for a clients new build #commission #glassengraving #rewarewa #fineart #mirror #drawing #project #art
Just unwrapped to reveal frosted mirror look, learning about this process all the time! #mirror #engraving #glass #fineart #landscape #mirrorscape
Tonights bench view, pre pre polish, rough and deep cut rewarewa branch for a bathroom mirror #glass #engraving #benchview #rewarewa #phew #gettingthere #deepcarving #drawing #nzart
Chandelier parts, production line style, all 35 of them for a collaborative chandelier #colabconference #chandelier #linedrawing #glassart #engraving #hadenough
Gorgeous colours and Garden Bounty Cezanne would be jealous of....sum yield of my apricot tree #apricot #bounty #garden #cezanne #colour
Christmas delivery, egg number 2 #proudmama #christmasbaby #cockatiel #christmas #nestegg #bird
Its a girl! Sugar plum finally laid an egg last night! #christmasbaby #cockatiel #egg #beautifulthing #proudmama #babybird
Playing in the studio, having fun with geometry for a hanging project #fake #gem #glass #linedrawing #studio #glassengraving
Repost from @msjuliaholden of a prints for her opening on Thursday night the Sarjeant Gallery. I am the model for the ‘living painting’ in bottom right, Julias version of the Lindauer portrait of Victorian artist Kate Sperry. Was such a fun procedure, can’t wait to see the final prints later this week! #sarjeantgallery #juliaholden #lindauer #painting #recreation #awesome
Quick Life Drawing on glass for a small engraving for next weeks fun show at Rayner Brothers, contemplating awkward spaces between actions #lifedrawing #engraving #awkward #space #kiss #fun #whanganui #blackwhite #headshow
Fern diptych just about done, need a little more polishing and then the next stop is to get it silvered and outdoors in the spot where it belongs! #glassart #engraving #drawing #ferns #mirror #fineart #whanganui #blackwhite