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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => New Zealand & Australia Glass => Topic started by: singingyamada on April 19, 2010, 05:55:37 AM
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My daughter and I had a girls day out doing a run of charity shops and armed with some more knowledge of glass I picked up this. It has writing but I am stumped as to who it is.the plate is about 30cm in diameter and has a brown swirl in the middle
Any helpers, I would be very grateful
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is it Run 83? I keep looking at it , but would you have 83 runs of something
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I think 83 is more likely to be the date for 1983.
I don't recognise the signature but then you are in Aus and it may be a studio artist from
Aus or NZ perhaps.
It looks like it starts with a B as far as I can see.
good luck looking :) and hope you are successful in finding the maker
m
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Probably Australian studio glass. I've looked through the list of Jam Factory Alumni (http://www.jamfactory.com.au/html/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=234) (the Jam Factory being the most significant Australian school and studio), but I couldn't see any names that seemed to match. (there are lots of famous makers in that list, starting with Sam Hermann and through to Nick Mount, Matt Larwood, even Eileen Gordon).
There's also the Ausglass (http://www.ausglass.org.au/Gallery1.html) site, which has lists of active studio glassmakers. It couldn't be Keith Rowe, could it? http://www.krglass.com/index.html You'd have to email him to find out, but it's the closest signature match I can find. It may be way off the mark.
Later: No, I take that back. Very unlikely that signature is "Rowe".
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I read the signature as "RW?" and there is a mention in the Ausglass archives of 1983 of a Richard Whiteley. A new one to me.
Ross
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I went to the art glass sight and glass artists of australia and no one has any idea.
So that tells me something even if by elimination. I think/ :spls:
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I have since been informed that is is by Con Rhee
http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/catalogues/artist/12534/con-rhee.aspx
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That seems to be correct. I have this Con Rhee vase. Seems he liked brown as a working colour.
Ross
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Wow what a guy. he has work in museums and art galleries in Canberra, Victoria and Tasmania. We have gems
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To update Cathy's previous link (now broken) then the Jam Factory's Alumni are listed here (http://jamfactory.com.au/people.php?type=Alumni#glassstudio). In fact, Peter Tysoe (http://www.petertysoe.net/) worked or taught here from 1985–94.
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How on earth did a plate of his end up in an oppie at East Gosford NSW
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I would update the titke with an ID, but can somebody please confirm where Con Rhee was working in 1981 & 1983. Was he still at his own studio in Tasmania?
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Can someone update the title. We have to grab these aussie ones whilst we can.
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Please see my post above.
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No idea as I have looked and looked. I dont know how to change the title
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Only a moderator can change the title. That is why I asked about confirmation of the location.
For now, I will add his name to the title but the location would be good sometime.
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Decorative / design artist | Worked: Australia (TAS), Canada
Context
Australia
Remarks
Con Rhee
Born in Holland, Con Rhee studied Science at the University of Tasmania, graduating in 1965, and in 1970 completed his Doctorate in Biology at Harvard University, U.S. In 1971 Con Rhee studied blown hot-glass at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, U.S. and established a glass studio in Nova Scotia, Canada. He returned to Tasmania in 1973, and lectured in Botany at the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, Hobart until 1979.
During 1976 Con Rhee studied with Richard Marquis, the American glassmaker, during his term as artist in residence at the College. In 1978 he established a studio at Koonya, Tasmania
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file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Lee/My%20Documents/lEE%20LEE/The%20Sydney%20Morning%20Herald%20-%20Google%20News%20Archive%20Search.htm
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He also has a piece in the Powerhouse museum sydney
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http://glasscentralcanberra.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/australian-glass-pioneers-the-paper/
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I think I have found him on facebook
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:D I found him on facebook and its his stuff
I wrote this
"Hello
My name is and I am trying to track down the glass artist Con Rhee. I am hoping you are him. My acquaintances and I on the glass message board are trying to get a definite ID on your work. I have a piece of your work which is identified through your signature but we need to know if you are still in Australia and if the piece made in 1983 was made in Australia thus we can list it under Australian glass makers. Thanks. lee"
And he answered
"Sorry delay. Don't check messages. Yes I'm the glass blower, still in Aust. Yes the 1983 work was made in Koonya, Tas, Aust."
How is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aussie glass
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By the way do you have a section for Australian Glass as I have a couple of pieces by a few artist and will happily photograph them and put them up as a reference. :D
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Hmm I will report the finding to the moderator
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I have put up lots of Australian Glass at Yobunny in my gallery - ahremck. You might find it interesting.
Ross
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and i would find this,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/index.php?cat=10901
Ross
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yj
hanks, i can list some that you havent got for you reference page