Artwork: Decanter #1 2017
Artist: Peter Minson
Medium: flameworked glass
Dimensions: 47 x 10cm
Acquisition: An acquisition of the ACT Legislative Assembly Art Advisory Committee, 2022
Asset no: OLA002632
About the Work
Peter Minson has been highly influential in the field of art glass, championing the technique of lampworking in particular. A teacher and mentor to many artists his work spans 7 decades, and embodies the origins of the technique in scientific glass blowing via his family’s business where he first learnt his skills. This work represents a synthesis of his practice, demonstrating the exuberance of the ornamental lampworking technique (in the decanter and stopper) with the rigour of his early training making glass test tubes (the set of phial-like glasses that surround the base).
About the Artist
Peter Minson is a third-generation glassblower based in Binalong, NSW. Minson has been highly influential in the field of art glass, championing the technique of lampworking in particular. A teacher and mentor to many artists, his work spans 7 decades, and embodies the origins of the technique in scientific glass blowing via his family’s business (Sydney-based Minson Scientific Company) where he first learnt his skills. He later studied with Kosta-Boda designer Göran Wärff, and spent six months at the Orrefors Glass School in Sweden.