JamFactory Wednesday Talks // Clare Belfrage

Join us for a casual Wednedsay Talk with South Australian contemporary glass artist Clare Belfrage.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Clare Belfrage has maintained a distinguished arts practice for over 5 years. She moved from Melbourne to Adelaide to undertake the JamFactory Associate Program in the early 1990s. Belfrage has been an influential educator in glass, having lectured at Curtin University, Ohio State University and at the University of South Australia. Her work is represented in major public collections throughout Australia, the USA and Europe.

Abstracting and interpreting details and textures from the natural environment - and sometimes those associated with traditional textile crafts - Belfrage's work is highly distinctive for its sophisticated surface patterns and its delicate hand-polished satin finish. Belfrage works with an unusually slow and intricate process of drawing directly onto blown glass forms with spaghetti-thin canes of glass called 'stringers' or sometimes integrating painstakingly prefabricated patterned glass patches into the surface of the form - constantly reheating the piece to keep it at a workable temperature over an intense three to four-hour glassblowing session.

ABOUT US 

JamFactory is a unique not-for-profit organisation that champions the social, cultural, and economic value of craft and design in daily life. Through our programs we inspire audiences, build careers, and extend contemporary craft and design into new markets. 

*Please be advised, photography, filming or recording of the Wednesday Talks Series is not permitted*