Billy Crellin — Vessel #07, 2025

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Individually formed, each glass vessel from Melbourne based glass artist Billy Crellin (studio Dokola) moves between functional and sculptural glass, highlighting the material’s dual role as both vessel and expressive form.

Inspired by ancient glassware, the works reflect on traditional forms and processes while evolving through a fluid, personal style of making.

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Driven by patient devotion to material ecology, Billy Crellin’s practice occupies a new plane built upon histories of glass making, studio crafts and industrialisation. Crellin’s sculptural works transform raw earthly commodities into consumer objects, following a linear anthropology that ultimately returns them to natural processes.

Crellin established the Naarm/Melbourne glassblowing studio Dokola focused on transforming historical and provocative design elements into modern, functional glass objects. The studio embraces the cyclical nature of design, leveraging concepts like re-melting and revival to create unique, contemporary products. Crellin’s works are found in the collection of the city of Lommel, and he has held residencies at the Glazenhuis in Belgium.