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| Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott |
| “We work within the traditions of the Decorative Arts. More specifically the manufacturing of glass vessels. While we make the objects we like to see in the world we are building a body of work that will be coherent as it evolves over time. Whilst our everyday work practise is heavily influenced by our former lecturer Klaus Moje our aesthetic goals are set in the direction of artists and designers such as Paolo Venini, Isamu Noguchi, Ingeborg Lundin and Venetian maestro Lino Tagliapietra.” Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott have been working together since 1993 when they had their 1st exhibition of their collaborative work at Vera in San Francisco. These two are married and share their love of glass but also a 1 year old daughter. Their work can be viewed in many public collections including but not limited to The Toyoma Art Museum in Toyoma, Japan, The American Craft Museum, Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia, The Chrysler Museum of Art and the Corning Museum of Glass. Their work is heavily influenced by their former lecturer and renowned glass artist, Klaus Moje as well as by Italian glass masters, particularly Lino Tagliapietra and Japanese sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Benjamin Edols Edols was born in 1967. He has been blowing glass since 1987. Edols received a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney College of the Arts and subsequently received a post graduate diploma from the Canberra School of Art in 1992 under the instruction of Klaus Moje. Since then, he has traveled extensively to work with well known colleagues in America, Japan and Italy. He has specialized in cold working techniques and has given glassblowing workshops at Pilchuck Glass School, Toyoma Institute of Glass Art, South Australian University, Niijima Glass Center, Corning Museum of Glass and Sydney College of the Arts. Kathy Elliott Elliott was born in Sydney in 1964. She has been working with glass since 1988. Elliott received her Bachelor of Arts from Canberra School of Art in 1992. Like Edols, she has specialized in cold working techniques and given workshops with Edols in the same locations as listed under Edols biography. She also went to Niijima, Japan as an artist in residence. |
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