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About UsSITUATED ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL, WITHIN the Imperial Hotel on the main street of Eumundi you will discover the amazing world of Lucas Salton.Entering the Liquid Glass Gallery through a small door takes you into a wonder-world of colourful glass shapes and elongated triffids bowing their heads in welcome. Magical shapes and swirls of colour tickle your imagination. Lucas runs the Liquid Glass Gallery at Eumundi and has lived on the Sunshine Coast of Australia for 18 years and has no intention of leaving, no matter how popular his work gets. His life-long love affair with glass was developed, if not born, locally as well. "I was fascinated by glass and all things shiny as a kid. I first started making small glass animals by sticking broken windscreen glass together that my sister, Larissa, and I would collect from the side of the road." Lucas said. "I then went to a dinner party where I was introduced to a glassblower who told me of a job on the Sunshine Coast. I was 17 and a bit. The first time I saw it I knew I had found my path. Glass is alchemic. You mix dirt together, burn it with fire, which makes it clear and molten, you control it with water, wood, air and steel and never completely master it," Lucas said. His depth of feeling as an artist is evident in the shapes he creates which are smooth and sensual. He also drew inspiration from the time he spent in Japan both teaching and manufacturing for Kurokabe Inc. Commissions & ExhibitionsWarner Brothers commissioned some of Lucas's pieces for the films "Ghost Ship and "Peter Pan", one of which can be seen in his Private Collection. The embassy residence of the High Commission of Brunei Darussalam in ACT acquired Lucas Salton's glass sculptures and he has exhibited in Munich as well as Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart and Brisbane. Locally, Lucas has also had several solo exhibitions at the Noosa Sheraton Resort with great success.He has also completed several installations in private homes, hospitals and hotels including his 320-piece installation at the Westin Hotel in Sydney and a 26 piece installation at Dubai's Sofitel Hotel. Lucas's ability to create spectacular, one-off awards and gifts has been recognised and appreciated by companies like Apple Macintosh and BHP as well as the Queensland Premier's Department, Museums Australia, Queensland's Smart Women Awards and the South Australia Business Woman of the Year award. He also transforms selected pieces into custom lighting with spectacular results. HoursGallery Open 7 days 9:00 am - 5:00pm Monday to Saturday and 10:00am - 3:00pm Sunday or phone (07) 54428835 for an appointment outside these times. |
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