A night at the opera
Susie Lewis

A night at the opera

$1,500 AUD
AUD $1,500 AUD

2026 – Original

Glass pot melt.

23cm x 25cm vessel opening 4cm x 3cm

This process involves filling up a terracotta flowerpot with a selection of coloured and clear glass pieces and setting it up above a kiln shelf. During the firing, the glass will melt and run through the hole in the bottom of the pot and pool in eddies on to the kiln shelf below causing the circular nature of the colour bands, and also the central squiggle where the glass stream finally runs out. This circular tile of glass was then laid on top of some white glass, and it was all fused into a slab 1cm thick, which was then rolled up and blown by Scott Chaseling into the vase shape.

A document detailing how the slab was blown into the vase is as follows:

FLG Glass Slab Rollup Process

Learn more about Susie Lewis

Susie Lewis approaches glass as a material of discovery, working across blown, fused, slumped and constructed forms. Rather than imposing a predetermined outcome, they allow each work to evolve through an intuitive dialogue with material, heat and process. Technical control sits alongside improvisation, risk and chance, giving the finished pieces a sense of immediacy and singularity. 

Melbourne-based artist Susie Lewis has developed a multidisciplinary practice spanning glass, ceramics and jewellery. Following studies in ceramics at Box Hill TAFE, they undertook extensive training in glass, including three years of mentorship with Brenda Page, glass casting with Richard Morell and glass-blowing studies in Türkiye.

Lewis has exhibited in group exhibitions at Smith Street Gallery and Brunswick Street Gallery. Their broader practice encompasses jewellery, silversmithing, printmaking, textiles and ceramics, alongside teaching jewellery-making at Fitzroy Community School and within a therapeutic program at the Women’s Hospital.

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