She first began working with glass under David Traub at Whanganui Regional Polytechnic. <\/p>\n
In 2018 to 2019 and 2023, she went on to complete advanced glass electives at UCOL with Dr Kathryn Wightman.<\/p>\n
Through these courses she developed her skills in cast glass, mould-making and kiln-formed work.<\/p>\n
\u201c[The internship is] the perfect timing to immerse myself in glass practice and expand my technical expertise while exploring light, projection and sculptural form,\u201d Bartley said.<\/p>\n
She said her artistic practice is exploring, \u201cinterconnected themes of nature, spirituality and the cycle of life and death\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Elliot, originally from Palmerston North, comes from a multi-skilled background. <\/p>\n
She graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts, which she combined with studies in biology. <\/p>\n
Outside of glass, she has worked with silver alongside a jewellery technician.<\/p>\n
She began working with glass in 2021 while at Awatapu College.<\/p>\n
Her art teacher, glass artist George Agius, first introduced her to the medium. <\/p>\n
Elliot went on to assist Agius during her 2024 Artist-in-Residence at NZG. <\/p>\n
In 2023, she completed an internship at Monmouth Glass Studio.<\/p>\n
She then received the Prime Minister\u2019s Scholarship \u2013 a government-funded programme which provides opportunities for young Kiwis to study in Asia and Latin America.<\/p>\n
Elliot completed a legal internship in Bangkok over nine weeks and a scientific lamp-working workshop in Chiang Mai.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tension between time and heat, and the suspense of waiting days for the kiln to reveal whether a piece has succeeded, continues to captivate me,\u201d Elliott said.<\/p>\n