Laura de Carteret — 'The Oracles Purse', 2024

This series comprises of hybrid organic forms evoke dualities such as pleasure and discomfort, or containment and release. Each glass piece serves as a container of stories, emotion and memory, where expanding bubbles of glass push against the constraints of forged metal.

The viscosity of glass allows for experimentation whilst simultaneously requiring precision and control. Heat, air and gravity dictate which direction a form takes. Working with glass engages both unconsciousness and focused awareness, playing with its fluid state allows me to create forms that are animated and frozen in motion.

Laura's intuitive approach to the material is grounded in a dialogue with pleasure, enamored by the satisfaction of working with such an enigmatic translucent material.

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Laura de Carteret is a multidisciplinary artist based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). They are working predominantly as a glass blower and metal-smith, completing their Bachelor of Fine Arts (Gold and Silversmithing) at RMIT. Their hybrid practice places pleasure and discomfort in dialogue generating visceral and animated forms. With an intuitive approach to materials, Laura creates biomorphic artefacts that are otherworldly.

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Material: hand blown glass

Dimensions: approx. 15 x 15cm