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Artist |
Cockburn, Cobi |
Title |
Mere |
Medium |
Fused, slumped, and coldworked glass |
Date |
2008 |
Description |
Cobi Cockburn (Sydney, Australia 1979; lives and works in Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia) Mere, 2008 Fused, slumped and coldworked glass 8 1/4 x 29 3/4 x 6 5/8 Knoxville Museum of Art, 2010 purchase with funds provided by Melissa and Doug White, Whitfield Bailey, Jenny Banner and James Schaad, Sylvia and Jan Peters, Dorothy and Caesar Stair, Mary and Adrian Bailey, June and Rob Heller, Kate Hartley, Catherine and Mark Hill, Bill Bergner, Randy Burleson, Susan Edwards, Susan and Kent Farris, Patricia and David Lee, David Long, Michelle and Barry Maves, Pam and Jeff Peters, David Butler and R. Ted Smith, W. Bedford Waters Focusing on the cradling shapes of basketry as a reference point to develop my forms, and the seasonal colors of the native grasses to develop my palette and incorporate a sense of place, I hope to create delicate and unique objects that reflect this extraordinary environment. - Cobi Cockburn Cockburn is a highly-acclaimed artist known for her distinctive glass sculptures inspired by the natural environment and indigenous Australian basketry. Her intricate technique involves coloring and fusing thousands of tiny fibers of glass, and shaping them into elegant vessel forms reflecting the fluidity of glass and the fibrous textures of traditional woven vessels. Mere (2008) is a stellar example of Cobi's approach, and promises to add a distinctive international flavor to the KMA's growing collection of contemporary glass. Cockburn is a graduate of the Sydney College of Art in Australia and an honors graduate of the Glass Workshop at Canberra School of Art. She received the prestigious Ranamok Glass Prize in 2006, and the Vicki Torr Memorial Prize at the Ausglass International Conference in 2005. Her work is frequently included in exhibitions from Sydney to London, and from Portland to Munich. Her art has been featured in New Glass Review, Art Ltd, and Craft Arts International. |
Catalog Number |
2010.03.01 |
Search Terms |
Glass Glassworking Sculpture |
Credit line |
Knoxville Museum of Art, purchase with funds provided by Melissa & Doug White, Whitfield Bailey, Jenny Banner & James Schaad, Sylvia & Jan Peters, Dorothy & Caesar Stair, Mary & Adrian Bailey, June & Rob Heller, Kate Hartley, Catherine and Mark Hill, Bill Bergner, Randy Burleson, Susan Edwards, Susan & Kent Farris, Patricia & David Lee, David Long, Michelle & Barry Maves, Pam & Jeff Peters, David Butler & R. Ted Smith, W. Bedford Waters |