Gnostalgia 🜍 (sulphur) 🜍
1 of 3 pieces completing the alchemical tria Prima/three primes. The fiery soul and energy within all matter.
A temple to within, glimpsing the unseen, patterns forming structure, layers of meaning, layers of mystery. Threads of knowing, flowing through time, hidden and obscured, passing vibrations, spoken softly, decoded, discovered, remembered.
On show at @ngvmelbourne in the Rigg design prize at the Ian potter centre in fed square until February 1st
#ngvmelbourne #riggdesignprize #riggdesignprize2025 #blownglass #glassengraving #templeart #alchemicalsulphur #glassart #cymatics
‘Gnostalgia’
So nice to be able to finally share this work ‘Gnostalgia’ after a deep fermentation in the cauldron of winter, And to have such an amazing platform and opportunity to share the work in a space like the @ngvmelbourne in such a prestigious prize as the Rigg design prize is mind blowing to say the least…
Huge thanks to @deepcdive and @calumdonaldson for the assists in the studio and for doing the heavy lifting… and to @gordonstudioglassblowers for being the container and support for it to happen within. Thanks to @kugleraustralia for the colours as I scraped the bottom of their colours to get these pieces made in time. And to all the other legends in the show it’s an honour to be shown alongside you all! May the connections continue to weave within this newly formed community…
‘My work Gnostalgia stands as an evocation of great mysteries – a remembrance of ancient temples as gateways to the inner and unseen. It reflects the above and the below, the inner and the outer, as the hermetic current pulses through time. Drawing on the entwined histories of glassmaking and alchemy, these vessels act as containers of transformation, shaped through the union of the tria prima – salt, sulphur and mercury. Blending ancient traditions with contemporary digital processes, Gnostalgia holds ancient wisdom in renewed form: a quiet offering of the sacred made visible in the present moment.’
#ngv #ngvmelbourne #riggdesignprize #riggdesignprize2025 #blownglass #glassart #alchemy #triaprima
Gnostalgia 🜔 (salt) 🜔
1 of 3 pieces completing the alchemical tria Prima/three primes. The body, the structure, the physical that grounds the work.
A temple to within, glimpsing the unseen, patterns forming structure, layers of meaning, layers of mystery. Threads of knowing, flowing through time, hidden and obscured, passing vibrations, spoken softly, decoded, discovered, remembered.
On show at @ngvmelbourne in the Rigg design prize at the Ian potter centre in fed square until February 1st
#ngvmelbourne #riggdesignprize #riggdesignprize2025 #blownglass #glassengraving #templeart #alchemicalsalt #glassart #cymatics #triaprima #hermeticallysealed #thevessel
BETWEEN PLANES
Featuring new Containa editions in collaboration with @ham_don - alongside an installation of suspended Looking Glass works.
Pictured
Limited edition Containa Paper Weights
Containa Champagne Bucket and Vase
Came say hello and view the installation, last day tomorrow.
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A transformation of Hotel House into an immersive landscape of mirror, glass and light. The exhibition invites you into a shape-shifting environment, where forms are suspended, perspectives dissolve, and space shifts with your movement.
Open 14–17 May, 9am–5pm Daily
Location: Hotel House - 434 Queens Parade, Fitzroy North
Presented by - @deannorton
Location - @hotelhouse___
Photography - @matthewmcquiggan@ngvmelbourne and @creative_vic
#NGV #MelbourneDesignWeek #betweenplanes
This event is part of Melbourne Design Week 2026, an intiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV.
Last chances to grab the final tickets for an intimate night of glass blowing demos from our dear friend and master glass blower @drew_spangenberg from Adelaide, South Australia.
Happening Sunday the 17th of May located at our studio in Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula at 5:30pm with wine and cheese included in the ticket supported by our neighbours @fenianwines
Tickets available on the Gordon studio glassblowers website or dm me for a link.
This event is apart of a larger sold out 6 day masterclass that Drew is teaching, hosted between @studiodokolaglass in Footscray and @gordonstudioglassblowers on the Mornington peninsula, teaching fundamentals in cup making and the art of bottles.
Melbourne design week is an initiative of the Victorian government through Creative Victoria.
#melbournedesignweek #NGV
‘Eating Aether’
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Within the elemental dance of the dinner table, the fifth element - Aether - is captured within the bending light of the spoon and held within the
fleeting reflections of the surrounding theatre. The shimmering utensils carry the evening and drift softly into the nights affairs.
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Table Manners is an exhibition narrowing its focus to the objects we bring, repeatedly and intimately, to our mouths. Each designer was commissioned to produce a singular set of cutlery distilled by the guiding principles of their practice, shown alongside historical and contemporary works from the Kraftsman collection.
Table Manners opens 14 May at Florian Home as part of Melbourne Design Week.
Images by @georgiasmedley / @objectmassive
Table Manners is presented by @union.magazine , @objectmassive and @streifen._ with production by @b.ells___
Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
What does winning the 2025 Omnia Small Sculpture Prize signify for an artist?
With the recent "International Sculpture Day", what an ideal time to highlight the tactile and three-dimensional quality associated with "sculpture" and to spotlight Hamish Donaldson @ham_don - a third-generation glass artist who merges ancient mystique with contemporary precision. His exquisite sculpture 'Azura' won over our 2025 guest judge Sophie Travers @t.ravers to secure the renowned Omnia Small Sculpture Prize 2025.
Swipe to read the full Q&A ➡️
Who will be our 2026
Omnia Small Sculpture winner?
To find out and be there in person, secure your Gala Night tickets for Friday, 22 May. Link in bio.
Photo credits:
#kevinggordon
@christopher_mcc@timcarrafa
#artistspotlight #meettheartist #omniaartprize #sculpture
A recent set of ‘Etheric goblets’ or perhaps woblets…
Currently available at @mprg_vic and @landerse.au or dm me for orders
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#blownglass #glassgoblets #dionysus
‘Axis Mundi’
Through the search for deeper meaning and connection with existence, temples have been constructed across the globe since the dawn of time. Layered with symbolism and function, they have stood as architectures of orientation — igniting connection, contemplation, and inner exploration.
Reverberating with a depth of knowledge rarely found elsewhere, as they reach for the stars, linking heaven and earth, grounding the great mysteries into the physical world - distilling this essence within the luminous vessel, the body, the temple.
📸 @kevinggordon
#glassart #blownglass #engravedglass #glassbottle #temple #vessel #hermeticseal #cymatics #art #gothic #galactic
Our hand-blown glass cloches — originally created to house our Perfume Oil collection for our SENSE exhibition — are now available as individual objects.
Each piece is crafted by local Red Hill glass artist Hamish Donaldson @ham_don — sculptural forms, designed to hold scent, food, jewels or simply stand alone as objects.
We also have a small selection of hand-blown organic wine goblets and tumblers available by Hamish too!
Send us a message to enquire or visit us in Red Hill.
Nunchi Oils at Lander—Se
585 Dunns Creek Rd, Red Hill
Open weekends 11am — 4pm
Weekdays by appointment
Image 1 + 2: Photography @josiemackerras , Styling @hannahnowlan
Image 3: Courtesy of @ham_don
#nunchioils #landerse #glasscloche #handblownglass #glasssculpture
My work ‘Gnostalgia’ is on display for the last couple of weeks at @ngvmelbourne in the Ian potter centre at Fed square. Finishing on Feb 1st.
It’s been such an honour to be apart of the prestigious RIGG design prize alongside some other amazing upcoming makers and designers. So get down and catch it while you can.
#ngvmelbourne #riggdesignprize #riggdesignprize2025
