Interstices II by Mel Douglas, 2023 Honorary Artist

This series explores the idea of a third space (the moment of transition between a first activity and the second). By stacking and overlaying set of two objects, I am building a transition space, a space where the two intersect and create an addition spatial system. The engraved lines on these objects explore the mass (convex) and space (concave) volume of objects through drawing. By using continuous reductive lines, on the interior, exterior and the space in between (substrate), I am mapping and defining space. By using the transparency, translucency and opacity of glass, I am exploring the boundaries between the outside and inside, suspending lines in space. Blown & coldworked glass.

12 in. H x 14 in. W x 14 in. L

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ABOUT MEL DOUGLAS

Mel Douglas has worked as an independent studio artist since graduating from the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University in 2000. In 2020 Douglas was awarded a PhD for her practice-lead research investigating how studio glass can be understood through the aesthetics of drawing. In addition to winning the 2020 and 2014 Tom Malone Prize, a prestigious award through which a work is acquired each year into the collection of the National Gallery of Western Australia, Douglas has received several major awards including the Ranamok Glass Prize in 2002, the International Young Glass Award in 2007 from Ebeltolft.

In 2019 her work was the inaugural acquisition for the NGA's Robert and Eugenie Bell Decorative Arts and Design Fund. Douglas' work is held in the private collections and public institutions internationally, including the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA; the Ebeltoft Museum of Glass, Denmark, and National Gallery of Australia, Australia.

Additional images courtesy of the artist.