Gerry Reilly
- Glass
After 40+ years in hot glass, join Gerry Reilly before he takes a long break. There’ll be hot glass flowing from his fingertips till his Last Hurrah weekend event Sept 19-20. Come collect his beautiful glass while you can.
Studio Details
Melting Pot Glass Studio
5 Zani Place,
Margaret River
Opening Hours
- Sat 12 Sept10am - 4pm
- Sun 13 Sept10am - 4pm
- Mon 14 Sept10am - 4pm
- Tue 15 Sept10am - 4pm
- Wed 16 Sept10am - 4pm
- Thu 17 Sept10am - 4pm
- Fri 18 Sept10am - 4pm
- Sat 19 Sept10am - 4pm
- Sun 20 Sept10am - 4pm
- Mon 21 SeptClosed
- Tue 22 SeptClosed
- Wed 23 SeptClosed
- Thu 24 SeptClosed
- Fri 25 SeptClosed
- Sat 26 SeptClosed
- Sun 27 SeptClosed
Take Walcliffe Rd west from Margaret River; turn right at Kevill Rd East (near Cape Mentelle); 2nd left at Culhane Rd, 1st left at Zani Place. If coming from Kevill Rd West, take right at Culhane Rd and right into Zani Place. If coming from Leon Pericles studio, turn south onto Caves Rd, bridge over river, left at Connelly Rd, left into Kevill West Rd, right at Culhane Rd, right at Zani Place. NB. you can't drive across the river to Kevill Rd at waterfall. ps. Use Google not Apple maps.
- Parking suitable for cars
- Parking suitable for buses
- Universal access
- Family friendly (suitable for children)
Gerry Reilly's 40 year practice in hot glass has seen him explore a myriad of forms and designs, most often seeking to capture a sense of place he finds when observing aspects of country from both the vast and the miniscule, from ocean to central desert, age old rock formations to the action of water in tidepools.
Recently returning to a former career highlight of the early 2000s, Gerry's Cracked Earth series has reemerged in vibrant reds and Pilbara rust iron colours, utilising the Venetian giacchi technique of plunging the hot glass into cold water midway through the making process.
As he now moves towards putting away his glassmaking tools, and retiring his large furnace, Gerry is enjoying a last hurrah, spinning out his beautiful glasses and platter forms, creating vases and bowls that capture swirling light, and giving form to whimsical shapes.
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