ARt by nc qin
the glass spirit
Glass is a generous storyteller who can reflect the mind's innermost thoughts and experience.
Cast glass, different from blown or lampworked glass which many may be familiar with, has a more somber voice. Unlike its delicate and elegant siblings which work with an instantaneous, quick-handed craftsmanship; Cast glass is an exacting, time-consuming and labour intensive process with a very delayed gratification point. But its mysterious gravitas makes it worthwhile, the result is a beauty with a soft but profound song of its own.
My art journey is one focused on learning from the craft and letting my philosophy be shaped by it. I hope to emerge, someday, forged by the flames of patience into a true master of the glass art.
current & upcoming events
9 Dec – 3 March 2024
from fire: nc qin & ali tahayori
casula powerhouse
Casula NSW Australia
This exhibition by Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre brings together the artistic practices of NC Qin and Ali Tahayori. Together in ‘FROM FIRE’ they explore how challenging it can be to forge your own identity and feel a sense of belonging in Australia. Whether ingrained from birth, or passed down via intergeneration memory, rigid cultural values and laws clash with their way of life in Australia and their sense of self. Like many who have migrated or been raised within cultural systems worlds away from where they live, work and love, questions about who they are, and where they belong persist.
22 nov - 3 feb 2024
Home and away
curated by Luise Guest and Jennifer Yang
16albermarle project space
Newtown NSW Australia
Home and Away brings together eight emerging and established female artists with ancestral connections to Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Their practices are as diverse as their histories, encompassing painting, sculpture, porcelain, glass, textiles, photography and digital media, video, performance, and a contemporary reinvention of papercutting. Despite this diversity their work is connected by a common thread – they explore the elusive nature of ‘home’ from the perspective of the diasporic experience. What does it mean to live and work in many places, yet sense that ‘home’ is, somehow, always elsewhere? How does our increasing awareness of the fragility of our planet change our ideas about home?
more upcoming exhibitions:
To be added…