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Issue 4: Peter Travis (Australia), 'Red Kite', 1983,
dyed fabrics, central vault, Merlin Hotel, Perth WA
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Issue 5: Bernard Matemura (Zimbabwe), 'Ant
Eater Fish', 1985, red seatite, 64 x 43 x 36 cm
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Issue 5: Gyorgy Fusz (Hungary), 'Human
Figure', 1984, porcelain, ht 60 cm
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cross-fertilisation among different disciplines and
shows how effete ideas in one field of activity, or
medium, are often revitalised when applied in another.
Contemporary artists and craftspeople come from
a diversity of cultural and educational backgrounds.
This narrative style pinpoints in time many pivotal
events, encounters and influences in an artist’s life
which, in retrospect, have determined the course of
their development and aesthetic orientation. For
example, it is surprising how many professional artists,
object makers and designers began their careers in
totally unrelated fields of study, training or employ-
ment – such as engineering, medicine, agriculture,
finance or administration – or, upon graduating from
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Issue 6: Bertil Vallien
(Sweden), 'Indian Head' (detail),
1985, sandcast glass, ht 43 cm
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Issue 6: Tim Hunkin (UK), 'Coin-operated
Sculpture' (detail), 1985, articulated moblie
figures, carved wood, mixed media, ht 56 cm
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college or completing an apprenticeship in one dis-
cipline or medium, switched to another. Whenever
such major shifts in career orientation or discipline
occur the results can often be remarkable because
of the release of pent-up creative ideas and energy
which ensues. Of course, this invariably involves fur-
ther training focused on the acquisition of specialised
skills which enable the aspirant to pursue his or her
new artistic goal.
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Issue 7: Arline Fisch (US), 'Collar
with Tendrils', 1985, machine knit
coated copper with fine silver accents
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Issue 8: Warren Langley (Australia), 'Druid
Site No. 4', 1986, fused and kiln formed glass
sculpture, 51 x 93 x 10 cm
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Issue 9: Brian Hirst (Australia), 'Offering Bowl', 1986, blown
and cast glass, gold lustre, sandblasting and engraving, ht 17 cm
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Issue 8: Kyohei Fujita (Japan),
Three tiered box, Venetian glass
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Issue 9: Marjorie Schick (US), 'Untitled', 1984,
brooch, painted wood, 27 x 14 x 4 cm
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