Migrate Exhibition

'Stepping Stones'   H275mm x W655mm x D195mm. A journey of life cycle changes.

The Scottish Glass Society are celebrating their 30th anniversary and this years exhibition is based on the theme of Migration and examines the different ways that 30 selected artists express a sense of place and identity in their work; bringing together a collective of artists that actively challenge and contribute to the rich Scottish Art scene.

Gallery venues and dates are listed on the Exhibitions page.

Ravenswood Sculpture Garden 2011

Cake For Fun	Celtic Knot. Tara Coia. Ravenswood Sculpture Garden 2011
Clare mcniven. Dipping My Toe	Geo Blues Sky Banner
Glass Rod	Icicles. Lucinda Hopkinson. Ravenswood Sculpture Garden 2011
Light Waves	Lucindas Treacle Fugus
Neighbourly Fun	Random Bowl. Pip Weaser. Ravenswood Sculpture Garden. 2011
Random Sphere. Pip Weaser. Ravenswood Sculpture Garden. 2011	Ravenswood. Melanie Chmielewaska. Ravenswood Sculpture Garden 2011 (3)
Reaching for the Sky (2)	Skating Minister. Urpu Sellar. Ravenswood Sculpture Garden 2011. Theos Ice In Progress (2)
The Two Of Us (2)	Theos Little Seat.
Wild Flower Maze by Christopher	Worn Smooth. Anne Morrison. Ravenswood Sculpture Garden. Image, Karen Liversedge.

	Sky Banner. 'CK' Laminated panel 680mm x 330mm. Standing height above ground 1.8meters. Sandblast carved.
	Sky Banner. 'Reaching the Sky' Fused and sandblast carved. 730mm x 260mm. Standing height above ground 1.8 meters.

Ravenswood Sculpture Garden 2012

2012 Ravenswood Sculpture Garden

010 Glass Monolith. Steve Richard	0100 Cut Stone by Ben Weaser
0105 Cut Stone Garden. Ben Weaser	0110 Sculpture in Chris's Labyrinth
0115 Ravenswood Pictoral House Name. Melanie Chmielewska	0120 Moss Ball. Karen Liversedge
0125 Sculpture in the Cut Meadow	0130 Time for Tea. Raindrop Shadows. Karen Liversedge
0135 Time for Tea. Detail. Karen Liversedge	0140 Time for Tea. Karen Liversedge
015 Lotus Yantra. Tom McKay	020 Cut Stone by Ben Weaser
025 String Girl with Red Ribbon. Clare McNiven	028 Reaching for the Sky. Karen Liversedge
030 Nest. Pip Weaser	035 The Two of Us. Melanie Chmielewska
040 The Two of Us. Detail	045 Skating Minister. Urpu Sellar and Karen Liversedge
046 Treacle Fungus and Friends. Lucinda Hopkinson	050 Chest Games. Karen Liversedge
055 Facet of Glass. Stephen Richard	060 Light Waves. Oban Carers Center and Crossroads Charity Tea and Cakes
065 Tea for Two	070 Sign Post to Lerags. Karen Liversedge
075 Geo Blue Sky Banner	080 Geo Blue Sky Banner. Detail
085 Piece at Anchor	090 Willow Nest. Pip Weaser
095 Failte. Ben Weaser

Old Smithy Studio. Artmap 2012

Old Smithy Studio Images Inside the Studio During the 2012 Artmap Argyll Open Studio Weekend

Dunollie Sculpture Garden

'Past Future'

 There are few places that own the copyright to Scottish history more than Dunollie Castle.

Sometimes, especially in the moody nights of winter, this history hangs, like a robe, heavy and uncanny around the castle. Again, at other times, perhaps when the bluebells flourish in spring, the grounds around the house are splendid beneath a brilliant mantle of light and life and nature.

It was on such a spring day this year that a group of artists met in the garden and decided to present their response to the surroundings.

The resulting artworks take inspiration from the elusive atmosphere of the place and "The Hidden Jewel".

In the clearing in the wood, you will find sculptures that feature glass, willow, stone and string. The works neither question nor explain the resident history, but rather, quite simply, invite you to draw closer beneath the robe. Come into the shady place for a while and experience, deeper, our special Dunollie - wrapped in the past, present and future.

Exhibition held in July 2009.

Text by Clare McNiven.

Sculptural

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See the making of ... Time for Tea Pyramid cake and lead tablecloth where carved slices depict the words of TS Eliot. 'Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past'	Detail from Time for Tea
Privacy Screen Grass and Water Carved and Fire Polished Using Temperature in the Kiln to Create Varying Degrees of Privacy.
See the making of ... Curlew and Grasses Carved and Painted, Worked on Both Sides. 10mm Glass Introduces Space which, in Turn, Creates Movement of Grasses and Water. See The Making of Curlew and Grasses.....	Detail from Curlew and Grasses
Carving Catz
Lightning Over Mull H700mm W350mm D170mm SOLD Glass & oak. Three panelled sculpture, linking sandblast carving, gilding, painting & their illumination from within to create a single piece.	'Bolt Out of the Blue' Detail SOLD Three panels of opti white glass form six surfaces to draw on, creating a viewing portal. Verre eglomise & gilding in gold & palladium loose leaf frame the U.V. & sandcarved details on subsequent layers
'Aurora' Studio H610mm x W500mm x D610mm	'Aurora' Detail H610mm W500mm D610mm Studio Glass & oak cube interplay. This piece plays on floating flights of fantasy, inspired by the free flow of energy of the Aurora Borealis.
'Sound of Mull' Studio H250 x W650 x D150 There are two sides to everything... Carved layers, interlaced with colour. Illuminated by led's.	'Sound of Lightning' Kranenburg Fine Art SOLD H200 x W200 x D80 Two Sides Two Stories Carving the Scene
'Journey and Place' Lyrical Winter Exhibition. An Tobar, Isle of Mull Inspired by the poem 'Migrate' H275 x W655 x D195 Drawn to a sense of place....a visual journey through interconnecting layers.	'Night and Day' SOLD Kranenburg Fine Art Gallery H200 x W200 x D140mm When day turns to night.
'Living Pool' 'Living Pool' Cube Series SOLD H200mm x W150mm x D150mm 'Living Pool' is the floating core of this geometric sculpture. On moving around the cube, the refraction of colour and images change, illustrating the dynamic of the form.	Blue Mull SOLD Kranenburg Fine Art Gallery H200 x W200 x D140mm Blue Mull and silver lightning.

 'Fleeting Moments Held In Time'

Now in the Permanent Art Collection of Strathclyde University.

Fashion illustrations.
Carved and painted silvered panel.
Textile panel design illuminated with LEDs. 
H230mm x W730mm x D120mm.    
Art4Orphans - University of Strathclyde Malawi Project 2010

'Fleeting Moments Held In Time''

Carved and painted. Viewed through reverse side. 
Sandblasted textile design panel.
Natural daylight .              

'Cross Fire' 

H200mm x W150mm x D150mm
Studio
Typically geometric, enticing freedom of light & movement from within
Inspired by the spiral of life, without beginning or end
Inner sculpture & outer cube, glass.
LEDs illuminate from within the oak base.

As light is eternal, so perception is illusory. Reflect on moments passed that are yet to be.

"Sound of Mull 1"

Commission

H210mm x W560mm x D120mm
Private commission.
View from 'Dungrianach'
Two panel carving. 
Deeply carved on four faces using 10mm opti glass. On moving around the piece, the landscape imagery changes, illustrating the dynamic of the form. 
LED illuminated from within the hardwood base.

Please do contact me if you wish to commission a piece or body of work

Carving and Gilding

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'Standing Proud' SOLD Single Carved 3 inch crystal depicting 'Life' Illuminated from within the oak base. A play on 'Life' and its numerous refractions.	'For Life'. Detail Residing Sydney, Australia Narrating imagery of 'Life' Carving within four crystals, inspired by Moroccan mosaic tessellation, geometric forms and their refractional elements.
'Life's A Blast' Studio Carved fused glass in oak 250mm x 180mm	'To Be Cherished' Sold Carved 'Life' floating in blue sea. 3 inch cube crystal. The oak holds and cherishes.

'Red Sky at Night'   SOLD

23.5 carat gold and palladium loose leaf gilded. Verre eglomise. 340mm x 340mm x 170mm. Viewed through oak portal.        

See the making of ... Sound of Water is a 15 piece glass carving, divided into 5 portals and framed in oak. The design was inspired by the clients' desire for a glass artwork that depicted the sea and reflected their love of Japan and the Isle of Harris. The commission was made to be installed in a wall opening at their home on Harris, where it now resides.	Detail from Sound of Water.
Kitchen Splashback Artwork. The brief: A domestic kitchen splashback to provide original artwork detail. Subtle detail required in the galley kitchen, so as not to overpower the space available. Artwork to show well with or without the use of LED illumination. Commission now in progress for a series of sectional panels.
See the making of ... Lily and the Frog. Wynyard Window The brief: Easter Lily, a frog with a golden eye and a subtle application of the client's initials. After considerable research and two design meetings later, we were set to go.	Detail from Lily and the Frog.
See the making of ... Old Smithy Studio at Ravenswood Fantastic Location. Pure Inspiration for all my new work	Detail from Old Smithy Studio
North Facing Transom Window Leaded light installed above main entrance door at Stapleton, Co.Durham. The Brief: The use of the colours lime green and cobalt. Once the design was approved, the colour combinations could have been infinite......
See the making of ... Renovation of Leaded Lights in the Gazebo, The Studio, Port Appin. The brief: To carry out restoration work on two leaded lights to be reinstalled in the gazebo. Lost or broken pieces required sourcing as close as possible to the original glass See the Process of the "Renovation"	Detail from Gazebo Window Restoration. See the Process of the Renovation