Waverley Glass Art Studio

14/04/2020

We hope you are all well in your bubbles! Even though the studio is closed due to level 4 we are still busy creating.
Looking forward to reopening as soon as we can.
Lisa and Jimi

and indie, maisie and paisley (the studio cats), who are very confused as to why no one is visiting them!

29/06/2015

Last week we installed a commissioned artwork in the new public hospital in New Plymouth. Great to see and be part of artwork in public spaces like hospitals.

24/04/2015

Today seems an appropiate day to post a photo of my work Across the Lines. I made the cloak in honour of the lives that were forever changed by our involvment in WW1. The cloak is made up of 510 glass pegs that form the image of an impressionists painting of flanders fields. I was fortunate to win the Ranamok Glass Prize (Australia and nz glass competition) with this work and it is now owned by the National Gallery of Australia.

18/11/2014

Here is a great promo video showcasing our part of the world. The glass studio and jimi feature towards the end of the clip, if you have the time its worth watching, jimi is hilarious. You can tell he isnt the shy one!

A new South Taranaki promo video - shot by Mark Bellringer

08/07/2014

Great day at the Studio, lots of new work out of the kiln and in the gallery.

03/06/2014

Last week my glass lei was collected for inclusion in the Homework: Taranaki Art Now exhibition opening on 7 June-24 August 2014. If you have a chance, please make sure you go and view the outstanding works of our Taranaki artists - at the Main Exhibition Gallery, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth.
http://www.pukeariki.com/Exhibitions/Home-Work-Taranaki-Art-Now

Home Work: Taranaki Art Now will showcase our region’s vibrant art scene and celebrate the talent of our local artists. It will put the spotlight on our creative people, our places, our issues and identity … our here and now.

16/05/2014

Glass lei by Lisa.

15/04/2014

New in the glass studio - glass and mixed media panel.

02/12/2013

New work, pacifica panels

06/10/2013

Glass lei

01/07/2013

Jimi Walsh, hard at work making beautiful things.

25/03/2013

Our Home - Lisa Walsh glass installation

Award winning glass artist Lisa Walsh is unveiling her installation “Our Home – the English Rose meets Pacific” in the Old Scout Den on Chester Street, Waverley during the Whanganui Open Studios which is open on 23 to 24 March and 30 to 31 March 2013, from 10am to 4pm.

In 2010 Lisa Walsh won the Molly Morpeth Canaday glass award with her work “Welcome Home”. Lisa says in her artist’s statement that Our Home is a progression from Welcome Home, naturally leading on to “where does the person who celebrates New Zealand lives, what do they treasure, collect and protect as sacred”.

“Our Home is an opportunity to see how our unique mix of cultures looks today. A show home of what New Zealanders value and are influenced by,” Lisa said.

Lisa said that viewers should be prepared to see glass in forms and scale you have not seen before. “Our Home is a rare opportunity to experience our culture, reminisce on objects that we have treasured and reflect on the uniqueness that makes up our country,” she said.

Nearly 80 percent of the installation is recycled glass.

Waverley is hosting the West Country leg of the Whanganui Open Studios which the installation is a part of. It features over 60 studios and galleries and Lisa joins 5 other artists in Waverley with an amazing array of art across 4 locations. The other artists in Waverley in the Reinvented Art & Design Studio include Jane Mitchell and Jack Register, Karen Workman’s Studio at 107 Weraroa Road will display her felt work and host work from glass and textile artist Elysabeth Wolter and metal artist John Wolter who has got an upcoming exhibition in New York.

Full details on www.openstudios.co.nz or pick up an Arts Trail Guide in galleries and I-sites in the region.