When admiring the work of Melbourne-based glass artist Amanda Dziedzic, you might start to feel your tastebuds tingle. Nestled on a quiet industrial strip in Heidelberg West, Amanda’s studio houses a candy land of colour and wonder from confectionery hues to lolly-like curves and fruity forms, her playful art that comes in the form of vases, domes and pots, is an indulgence of both the palette and eye. “Colour can evoke many emotions, but I like to think my work brings in the joy in that simple appreciation for colour,” says Amanda of the sweet assortment of peach, pink and salmon hues that stand proudly on her showroom plinths. “I like to use colour and the medium itself as inspiration to interpret into shapes and forms.”
Amanda took to glass-blowing during her visual arts degree at the University of South Australia and fine arts degree (with a major in glass) at Monash University. Yet it wasn’t until her two-year traineeship at Adelaide’s JamFactory that she felt she’d “really learnt to blow glass” and her fate was sealed. “The process is hot and demanding and by no means an easy material to master,” she says. “It takes years to develop skill and an understanding of the material but once you master the techniques, a whole new language opens up.”
This story is from the June 2021 edition of Home Beautiful.
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