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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Sunderland
Antarctic - Glass works responding to Scott’s exploration of the Antarctic
Maskrey’s work uses vessel forms as vehicles of expression and containers for objects. These 15 pieces of blown glassworks explore how hot glass might be used to communicate historical narratives connected to the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. Primary research was undertaken at The Scott Polar Institute Cambridge. The Museum’s collection of artefacts were used to inform the work as well as sourcing particular documents surrounding the provisions taken on the Terra Nova expedition of 1911.
‘The Worst Journey in the World’ was originally shown in ‘Kith and Kin – New Glass and Ceramics at the National Glass Centre’ was subsequently acquired by the Crafts Council and exhibited at COLLECT 2012 at the Saatchi Gallery in London. The same work was later shown at the British Business Embassy during a ‘unique series of global business summits’ at Lancaster House during the Olympics and Paralympics Games 2012.
Other pieces in the series have been shown at ‘Art Shanghai 2013’; ‘Glass and Clay’ Washington DC; ‘New Glass-Ancient Skill, Contemporary Art form’, Blackwell House, Bowness-on-Windermere; ‘Coalesce’, London Glassblowing Gallery, London.
