About Barb

Barb Jorgensen Glass Transformation

I began using glass as a medium many years ago, initially self-taught through extensive reading, trial and error together with a lot of experimentation. A great deal of extensive knowledge has been gained through numerous short courses.

I have attended numerous workshops with Bernie Stoner from Kangaroo Island, as well as workshops with Loren Stump, Sharon Peters, Kim Fields and Dominic Garcia from America. I have also attended bead making courses with Kathryn Wardill of Melbourne.

For many years glass was a hobby while I worked as a Lab Technician, but I now have my own small business in Cowwarr, Gippsland, Victoria and concentrate on doing fusing and slumping, bead making and sculptural glass worked in the torch flame. I use both soft and borosilicate glass although I have concentrated more on using borosilicate for a while now.

To find inspiration for my work I can look anywhere. I tend to be drawn to insects, arachnids, plants, ocean life and birds but fae and alien lifeforms also feature.

Publications

2020 The Flow Magazine – Gallery of Women in Glass
2019 The Flow Magazine – Gallery of Women in Glass
2018 The Flow Magazine – Gallery of Women in Glass
2018 The Flow Magazine – Nature Issue
2017 The Flow Magazine – Gallery of Women in Glass
2016 The Flow Magazine – Gallery of Women in Glass

Group Exhibitions

2020 – 2021 Summer Exhibition, Bright Art Gallery, Bright, Victoria
2020 International Art Glass and Jewellery Exhibition, Red Moon Contemporary Art Glass Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2020 ‘Lockdown Lunacy’ GASP Exhibition, The Old Auction House Arts Precinct, Kyneton, Victoria
2018 – 2019 Summer Exhibition, Bright Art Gallery, Bright, Victoria
2017 – 2018 Dancing with the Flame, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
2017 Flame On – Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2016 – 2017 Urban Tract, GASP Exhibition, Red Rock Gallery, Cororooke, Victoria
2016 – 2017 Summer Exhibition, Bright Art Gallery, Bright, Victoria
2016 Flame On – Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2015 – 2016 Summer Exhibition, Bright Art Gallery, Bright, Victoria
2015 Flame On – Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2015 GASP Exhibition, Gellibrand River Gallery, Gellibrand, Victoria
2015 Midwinter GASP, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
2015 – 2014 Summer Exhibition, Bright Art Gallery, Bright, Victoria
2013 Summer GASP by the Bay, Louis Joel Gallery, Altona, Victoria