September 17, 2012
A little bit of bliss will be coming to the Bunya Mountains on Saturday.
“Bunya Bliss” is the latest in the Bunya Forest gallery’s “Artist in Focus” program of four small exhibitions per year.
It features works by potter and glass artisan Meg Stevenson, reflecting the peace and tranquillity of the Bunya Mountains.
“I have been working with clay for thirty years and glass for six years,” Meg said.
“The Bunya Mountains rainforest provides me with inspiration.
“The Bunya Tree is iconic to my work both in clay and glass. The shape is so special and lends itself to all sorts of decorative styles. Other forest trees are also fascinating in shape, form and colour. I enjoy trying to interpret them for my work, in both clay and glass.
“I love the challenge of mixing the glazes for my pottery to highlight the diversity of colours I see in the forest.
“These days I am concentrating more on warm glass work. It challenges my technical skills to be able to produce the work that is in my head and opens up a whole new world for my imagination.
“For Bunya Bliss I have used the reflective and refractive qualities of glass to explore the nature of light in the rainforest.
“Many surfaces reflect the light around under the canopy of the forest enabling the cycle of life within to continue. Strings of raindrops transform spider webs into stunning strands of precious gems as the sunlight is reflected off the surface and refracted to produce beautiful rainbows.
“I wonder at the structure and composition of the different surfaces that produce the most beautiful, dynamic and subtle variations of colour – all originating from the light.
“I marvel at the differences between those colours on a bright, sunny day and one where the cloud swirls amongst the trees.”
Meg is the Bunya Forest Gallery’s third featured artist for 2012 and her works will be on display from September 22 to October 21.
