Cheryl Edwards
Cheryl Edwards — 'Atlantis #2', 2025
'Atlantis #2', a glass sculpture from Melbourne based glass artist Cheryl Edwards which forms part of the Glass Futures, a collection of works produced during an intensive masterclass at r.a.g.e let by renowned glass artist Giles Bettison and artist-educator Lienors Torre.
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Cheryl Edwards started her art practice as a potter working with and studying clay in Melbourne Australia. A spark of inspiration lead her to develop an interest in glass so she completed a Bachelor of Applied Arts from Monash University in 2003. Cheryl marinated for 18 years and only started making glass again in 2021. Since then, she has developed and refined her glass techniques and explored the connections between form and decoration. Each piece demonstrates a clear evolution from one to the next. Her fluid open vessels juxtapose meticulous building of patterns with soft natural forms.
Cheryl is in the permanent collection of the International Biennale of Glass Bulgaria and was the 2023 recipient of the Friends of Pilchuck First Time Student Award. She is in private collections and was a finalist in the 2023 Tom Malone Prize.
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Glass Futures
September 18 – November 1
Glass Futures presents a collection of works produced during an intensive masterclass at r.a.g.e, led by renowned glass artist Giles Bettison and artist-educator Lienors Torre. This body of work showcases how participants engaged with the intricacies of pattern and form in glass, inspired by the centuries-old Venetian tradition of murrine. Working with Bullseye sheet glass rather than traditional furnace glass, participants developed a contemporary take on this technique under Bettison’s tutelage. Once vessels were formed in the hot shop, Torre introduced various coldworking processes, allowing for intricate surface refinement and the elevation of each work to a new level of clarity and expression.
At its heart, Glass Futures is a dialogue between tradition and innovation. Anchored in the lineage of Australian studio glass, this exhibition celebrates the transfer of material knowledge to a new generation of makers. The resulting works embody the rhythm of process — layered, fused, shaped and carved — revealing glass as a medium that is at once enigmatic and precise.
For participants at different stages in their careers, this masterclass was both a technical and artistic threshold: an invitation to refine skill whilst articulating an individual voice. Together, the works in Glass Futures testify to the vitality of independent glass education in Australia, offering a glimpse into the bold and evolving future of the medium.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, as well as generous support from Bullseye Glass, Craft Victoria, and r.a.g.e.
Artist List – Eva Alisic, Ruth Allen, Giles Bettison, Laura de Carteret, Nick Doran Adams, Cheryl Edwards, Juniper Maffescioni, Clare Millar, Elizabeth Parsons, Nicole Polentas, Michelle Stewart, Lienors Torre, Keely Varmalis
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Material: Murrini glass
Dimensions: 16 x 17 x 17cm
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