Taverner Glass

The Glass Artists' Gallery have been representing Vashti Taverner since November 2017. Sculpture produced by Vashti Taverner is on show at the Glass Artists' Gallery, 68 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe NSW 2037, Sydney Australia. Enquiries can be made to Maureen Cahill on 9552 1552 or visit the website: http://www.glassartistsgallery.com.au/artists/vashti-taverner/ Some of the sculptures available include recent pieces "Adrift in Ruby" and "Adrift in Rose". Both sculptures are designed

Sculpture and tableware by Vashti Taverner will be featuring in the "2017 Highlights Exhibition" at the Glass Artists' Gallery, Glebe, Sydney. The exhibition is curated by gallery director Maureen Cahill and will be showcasing works by Marina Bishop, Peter Day, Wayne Pearson, Kelvin Taylor, Magda Marciniak, James McMurtrie, and others. Festive Drinks will be served 6-8pm Wednesday 20th December coinciding with the new exhibition. The exhibition will run from 19 December until

I love receiving commissions, it gives me an opportunity bring other people's ideas to life and to explore new methods and techniques. Recently I was asked to create a wedding gift with a personalised message. I explored several options for achieving the desired result with the client, etching, engraving, screen printing and enamelling. I completed a series of samples to demonstrate the different results and we decided on which method best suited her vision. I think the resul

I love the opportunity to create personalised gifts and custom orders. It gives me an opportunity to bring other people's ideas to life and on occasion experiment with new techniques. I was recently asked to make this piece by an Australian couple to take to Denmark as a wedding gift. Based on looking at some examples of my work the clients decided on a style and a range of colours they liked. I then roughed out some layouts and we tweaked the colours until we were happy with

The above images demonstrate a few stages in making a cast glass platter. The first stage in making a platter such as the one above is fusing various coloured strips of glass into rods, these are then cut either by hand or using a saw. The pieces of coloured rod are then rearranged on a kiln shelf with dam walls to prevent overflow and fired to 810 degrees celsius. The product of this firing is then polished by hand on the surface and on the edges using a linisher, a wet belt

Taverner Glass will be featuring in the Bespoken Collective Pop Up Store from March 4 until April 12, 2016. The Bespoken collective brings together artists working in a variety of mediums including painting, encaustic, mixed media, glass and furniture designers. To find out more follow the above link to the Bespoken Collective website and get your exclusive inviation to the opening. #bespokencollective #bespokehome #painting #artist #mixedmedia #glassartist

One of the trickiest things in designing a glass plate is knowing your colours and how they interact or change upon firing. Picture 2 above shows a selection of the Bullseye Glass Co. range of colours. I use Bullseye Glass Co. exclusively as they are one of the few glass manufacturers producing a range of glass for fusing and casting that is fully compatible, in simple terms this means they have a similar coefficient of expansion so they will expand and contract at similar ra

To achieve greater depth of colour and thickness of the finished platter this piece has been created by cutting strips of glass and turning them edge on. The strips are then placed in a mould in the kiln and heated to 810 degrees celcius. After cooling slowly the glass can be worked on grinding machinery to shape and polish the edges and faces. The glass is then returned to the kiln, placed on a slumping mould and heated to 670 degrees celcius to achieve the final form. #tabl

Individual tiles are cut from coloured sheet glass and assembled. Each tile is hand ground to ensure a precise fit. The tiles are assembled on top of a sheet of clear glass and placed into the kiln. The plate is then fired to a full fuse at 810 degrees celcius. After slowly cooling it is placed on a slumping mould and returned to the kiln. This second process takes place at 670 degrees celcius. Finally, the edges of the plate can be hand polished to acheive a perfect finish.