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Glass sculpture by Barbara Ewing

30/08/2026

When you see a sculpture in your photos, and realise that you had kept the mould for years after making it … but had recently decided to destroy the mould while sorting out your work space … the sculpture has travelled to a far place years ago … nostalgia sets in

03/07/2026

I am working on birds …
So here is one I made earlier !

‘Building a Nation’

View at Edge Glass Gallery, Cape Town

19/03/2026

Another poster that I made for the talk , showing examples of different types of glass processes

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18/03/2026

A while back I gave a talk about the art of glass casting using the ancient lost wax process. I made a few posters to help illustrate the process and this is one of them , it also shows the finished work . What isn’t shown is the complex and time consuming process of grinding and finished ! It sometimes takes months of work for one piece … it’s called slow art 😉

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30/09/2025

Detail of steps in my ‘Housing’ sculpture … it’s a tricky one to photograph!
It is in Cape Town

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10/08/2025

Sweet little bowl

Glass fusing with my own torchmade murrini

Recycling bits of glass left over from previous projects , fired in an electric kiln. Trying to be ‘green’

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10/07/2025

‘The Great Green Wall’ … one of my latest pieces on exhibition at the Glass Now-African Perspectives show gallery .
Cast glass - incorporating small fused glass tiles , signifying all the plants and shrubs that reappear when areas are reforested .
If you haven’t heard of the Great Green Wall it is the reforestation across Africa , from the West Coast to the East Coast, south of the Sahel to prevent desertification. It is a wonderful project giving hope and employment to all who live in these areas . I am hoping that it manages to continue as funding will become harder and harder in this world in such turmoil !

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07/07/2025

My piece for the exhibition
‘Glass Now -African Perspectives’

‘ Cradle of Humankind ‘

Cast crystal glass -gaffer and Pate de verre

15 minutes from where I am staying with my son and family is the beautiful Magaliesberg , where you will find ‘The Cradle of Humankind’ , which is an area where some of the Worlds oldest fossilised humanoids have been found . The birthplace of man . We all come from Africa , we all have the same origins , no matter the culture

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06/07/2025

Pop in to see the ‘Glass Now -African Perspectives ’ exhibition
to see what South African Glass Artists are up too . It covers a great variety of the different techniques of working in glass , from cast sculpture to blown and fused work and other processes too !
Well worth a visit 😊

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03/07/2025

I am here for this exhibition… so looking forward to to seeing all the wonderful glass art from all over South Africa 🎉

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Cape Town
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