"INTO
THE DEEP"
Glass Exhibition
by Richard Morrell
March 4th 2005 - May 5th 2005
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Richard
Morrell
As
a glass artist, one of my fascinations has always
been to penetrate the surface, to get below the visible
exterior and explore the depths within. This operates
on both a metaphoric, and a physical level. Many of
my recent works attempt to open up the surface of
the vessel, luring the viewers eye 'into the deep'
interior of the form.
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Since
arriving in Bali, I have been lured into the deep
myself. The opportunity to go diving offered the
possibility of physically going below the surface,
and having a real life experience of something which
I had sought in the abstract, and in my work, for
so long.
The
collection of glass vessels presented here pursues
my familiar theme of getting below the surface,
but is now influenced by the mental images I gather
while under the ocean.
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Soft corals and sponges form patterns within patterns,
layers over layers, meanings within meanings.
A
view through the surface to a different part of
our world, where life pulses with colour, and ebbs
and flows with the changing currents. Where the
meaning of life is life itself, which is a life
we may have forgotten.
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As
seen in Harper's Bazaar April 2005
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