Specimen - Stephen Bradbourne 2013 solo exhibition catalogue

Specimen Stephen Bradbourne 28 March – 20 April 2013 Preview Wednesday 27 March

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Specimen Jar Series (L-R) 1- H330 x Dia130mm $1800 2- H350 x Dia120mm $1800 3- H290 x Dia120 $1400 4- H370 x Dia135mm $1800 5- H360 x Dia115mm $1800 6- H410 x Dia115mm $1800 7- H280 x Dia120mm $1400

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Specimen Jar I (H375 x dia205mm) $3500

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Specimen Jar II (H390 x Dia195mm) $3500

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Specimen Jar III (H425 x Dia220) $3500

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Specimen Jar IV (H405 x Dia220) $3500

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Granular Leaf III (H570 x W165mm) $2500

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Lanceolete (H560 x W195mm) $2500

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Pinnate (H550 x W205mm) $2500

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Sinuate (H555 x W195mm) $2500

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Cellular Leaf I (H550 x W230mm) $2500

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Subulate (H570 x W175mm) $2500

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Elliptic (H555 x W225mm) $2500

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Woven (H340 x Dia170mm) $2500

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Flourish (H365 x Dia150mm) $2500

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Flow (H365 x W260mm) $2500

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Thrive (H375 x W260) $2500

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Swirl (H165 x Dia380mm) $3000

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Swathe (H345 x Dia185mm) $3500

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Cellular (H325 x W230mm) $3500

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Structure I (H385 x Dia145mm) $3500

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Structure II (H310 x Dia205mm) $3500

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Wall Leaves (L-R) 1- H360 x W150mm $700 2- H315 x W145mm $700 3- H275 x W100mm $500 4- H390 x W180mm $850 5- H330 x W145mm $700 6- H290 x W115mm $700

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Wall Leaves (L-R) 7- H365 x W155mm $850 8- H330 x W115mm $700 9- H350 x W150mm $700 10- H330 x W110mm $700 11- H250 x W100mm $500 12- H360 x W130mm $700 NB: works are available for purchase before the exhibition opens. Please contact the gallery to do so.

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Stephen Bradbourne trained in Glass and Ceramics at Carrington Polytechnic, completing both a certificate and diploma in Craft Design.

He has worked extensively in the area of blown glass, as head glassblower at a number of production glass studios, as well as pursuing his own practice.

Bradbourne has exhibited throughout New Zealand in both group and solo exhibitions and is recognised for his striking blown vessels and platters. While previously his work has utilised muted tones resulting in subtle, moody pieces, his current work in New Zealand Glass uses brighter, more vibrant colours with much success.

In 2007 Bradbourne was named the Overall Winner in the Molly Morpeth Canaday awards and also won the Cavalier Bremworth Luminous Art of Glass Awards.

Specimen will be the first major exhibition to showcase Stephen’s long-time interest in botany.

Working from his studio set in his Subtropical and Native garden in central Auckland, Stephen explores patterns and forms found particularly in leaves. The minute skeletal leaf patterns are recreated using an ancient technique revived in Italy in 16th Century, called murrini. This technique involves the creation of coloured patterns in glass cane (long rods of glass) that are revealed when cut in cross-sections. These murrini are arranged and then assembled to create his leaf forms.

For Specimen Stephen pays homage to long-standing botanical traditions of collecting and preserving plants in glass jars, making his own herbarium (a collection of preserved plant specimens) in glass.

Public Collections Auckland Museum, Auckland Ebeltoft Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland

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