Lot 9: Giles Bettison (Australian, born 1966) A Murrine amber glass Vessel, 1996

A Murrine amber glass Vessel, 1996
25.5cm high, 15cm diam, signed and dated

In Bettison's work he has more or less reinvented the ancient Venetian tradition of incorporating murrine into glass vessels along with the Bullseye Glass Company in Portland, Oregon, USA. The semi-transparency of the glass looks like the vessels have been lit from within and give a three dimensional feel to his patterns. His inspiration comes from the landscape and colours of the South Australian landscape.

Please see D. Klein 'Artists in Glass Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass' publ. Mitchell Beazley, pg's. 28-29P and Margot Osborne 'Australian Glass Today' Wakerfield Press, 2005 – p96 and Helen Schamroth '100 New Zealand Craft Artists', Godwit, Random House, New Zealand, pg. 72, 73.

To be sold for the benefit of North Lands Creative Glass, Caithness