Blowing Art

Eileen and I in our first studio at Numurkah
Some people labour at a job for 40 years, so they can have 20 years enjoying life together.... which is fine, but our life started from the start.
My wife Eileen and I are glassblowers, glass artists, located south of Melbourne, Australia. We share a sense of simple living, working with our hands, where our work is life. And we have worked all these years, to create a life that reflects our energy...

Eileen and I in our first studio at Numurkah
Some people labour at a job for 40 years, so they can have 20 years enjoying life together.... which is fine, but our life started from the start.
My wife Eileen and I are glassblowers, glass artists, located south of Melbourne, Australia. We share a sense of simple living, working with our hands, where our work is life. And we have worked all these years, to create a life that reflects our energy...

Because it's liquid and wants to move, glass for me provides the perfect metaphor for expressing the movement of an object, or thought. Like something that has evolved from history through time or space like a spear, arrow, any vehicle, or idea. ...

Marrying into Eileen's family, I gained a Mother and Father in-law, who continuously teach me about love and art. My whirlwind approach is calmed when in the company of Alasdair. His patience and the detail in his work is mind blowing. His life and work...