Break on Through
Susie Lewis

Break on Through

$1,800 AUD
AUD $1,800 AUD

2026 – Original

Double sided glass vase with spikes.

40cm x 30cm vessel opening 11cm x 6cm

This vase was created by combining multiple glass working techniques. Initially sheets of red, clear and white glass were fused together, then circles were cut out of the slab with a diamond saw and flipped over. The area around the circles that was lost to the saw width was then filled with black glass frit (finely crushed glass) and fused again into a thick slab which was rolled into a cylinder and blown by Scott Chaseling into a shape as detailed by this document: FLG Glass Slab Rollup Process.

I had previously fused together a block of red, white and black glass stringers (spaghetti strands of glass) and during the blowing process, we heated this and a chunk of black glass in the kiln so as to be hot enough to use in the final stages. The black glass was heated to molten temperature and draped around the rim of the vase and the multicoloured chunk was pressed against the sides and pulled away to create spikes.

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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Glass Slab Rollup Process
Glass Blowing Bubble Vase
Casting a Spiky Bowl

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