Gerald Buckley began working with glass in the 1980s, initially exploring lead lighting and copper foiling before discovering the unique properties of glass when subjected to high temperatures in a kiln. Currarong’s land and seascape, its flora, fauna and ever-changing colour and light are all reflected in Gerald’s superb kiln formed and flame worked glass. “I work with glass in sheet form, usually cutting it to fit a vessel design and with frit form – a process using glass, crushed to a sugar grain size, then layered, moulded and fused in a kiln, before being cooled and worked to remove any sharp edges. I then place the glass on a mold and return it to the kiln for the slumping process, which creates the final form.”
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