{"id":8478435016932,"title":"Keith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase","handle":"keith-mahy-new-zealand-art-glass-large-vase","description":"\u003cp\u003eKeith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA superb large example of this known artists work - on an amethyst glass body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned to base MAHY NZ 07\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprox 35cms (13 3\/4\") tall\u003cbr\u003eApprox 30cms (12\") wide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn excellent condition\u003cbr\u003eGUARANTEED free from damage and repair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Keith Mahy | read more \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theglassmuseum.com\/mahy.htm\" title=\"Keith Mahy New Zealand | Art Glass\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeith Mahy (1947-2013) was one of the founding fathers of art glass in New Zealand.\u003c\/strong\u003e In 1965 he was a young student from Whakatane studying sculpture and design at Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University. He won the New Zealand Manufacturers Association Student Design award in 1967, and on completing his Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts, Keith took a job as Packaging Designer with a company in Auckland. His career in glass started the following year, 1970, when he was appointed Design Director at Crown Crystal Glass in Christchurch. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"LEFT\"\u003eKeith designed many of the successful ranges of glassware produced by Crown Crystal Glass, including the award-winning Anker and Aragon ranges. During his time at Crown, Keith became fascinated by glass, and in 1975 he resigned to set up his own glass studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"LEFT\"\u003eIn 1976 Keith started making his own glass creations from a studio he built in a derelict cow shed just north of Hikurangi at Otonga, Northland. This must have been one of the earliest glass studios in New Zealand. Most of his early work was unsigned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the years Keith has won many awards and has exhibited his work widely overseas. He held exhibitions of his work throughout New Zealand and also in England, Australia, Japan, the USA, and the Pacific Islands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1982 Keith received a QEII Arts Council equipment grant, and built a better glass studio at Paparoa. In 1984 and 1985 he won Phillips Studio Glass Awards. And in 1986 he became tutor in Glass and Design at Northland Polytechnic (Whangarei). The Arts Council awarded him a grant to extend the studio at the Polytechnic, and many of New Zealand's great glassmakers trained with Keith in Whangarei (including Mike McGregor, Shona Firman, Lynnette Campbell and many others).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeith also established a \u003cstrong\u003enew glass studio and gallery called \"Burning Issues\"\u003c\/strong\u003e located on the waterfront in Whangarei in a new shopping and visitor complex. Several glass artists used these facilities to blow their glass. B\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSadly the Northland Polytechnic decided to close down its glass-making facilities (to save costs) but Keith was well-established in Whangarei with the \"Burning Issues\" studio. Along with other New Zealand glass artists in 1999, Keith helped to train glass-workers for a glass studio in the Pacific Island country of Raratonga.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSadly Keith died in June 2013, but his legacy of beautiful glass will last for many generations in the future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c!----\u003e","published_at":"2024-08-10T06:01:17+10:00","created_at":"2024-08-06T12:13:13+10:00","vendor":"Roundabout Antiques","type":"Vase","tags":["10_August","August_2024","kiwi"],"price":60000,"price_min":60000,"price_max":60000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":45495757111524,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"RA-0006192","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Keith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":60000,"weight":7000,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1a.jpg?v=1722910412","\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1b.jpg?v=1722910412","\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1c.jpg?v=1722910413","\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1d.jpg?v=1722910412","\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1e.jpg?v=1722910412","\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1f.jpg?v=1722910412","\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1g.jpg?v=1722910412"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1a.jpg?v=1722910412","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Keith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase","id":61295574089956,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1a.jpg?v=1722910412"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1a.jpg?v=1722910412","width":1250},{"alt":"Keith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase","id":61295574122724,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1b.jpg?v=1722910412"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1b.jpg?v=1722910412","width":1250},{"alt":"Keith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase","id":61295574155492,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1c.jpg?v=1722910413"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1c.jpg?v=1722910413","width":1250},{"alt":"Keith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase","id":61295574188260,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1d.jpg?v=1722910412"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1d.jpg?v=1722910412","width":1250},{"alt":"Keith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase","id":61295574221028,"position":5,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1e.jpg?v=1722910412"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1e.jpg?v=1722910412","width":1250},{"alt":"Keith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase","id":61295574253796,"position":6,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1f.jpg?v=1722910412"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1f.jpg?v=1722910412","width":1250},{"alt":"Keith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase","id":61295574286564,"position":7,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1g.jpg?v=1722910412"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/mahy_vase_1g.jpg?v=1722910412","width":1250}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eKeith Mahy New Zealand Art Glass large vase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA superb large example of this known artists work - on an amethyst glass body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned to base MAHY NZ 07\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprox 35cms (13 3\/4\") tall\u003cbr\u003eApprox 30cms (12\") wide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn excellent condition\u003cbr\u003eGUARANTEED free from damage and repair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Keith Mahy | read more \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theglassmuseum.com\/mahy.htm\" title=\"Keith Mahy New Zealand | Art Glass\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeith Mahy (1947-2013) was one of the founding fathers of art glass in New Zealand.\u003c\/strong\u003e In 1965 he was a young student from Whakatane studying sculpture and design at Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University. He won the New Zealand Manufacturers Association Student Design award in 1967, and on completing his Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts, Keith took a job as Packaging Designer with a company in Auckland. His career in glass started the following year, 1970, when he was appointed Design Director at Crown Crystal Glass in Christchurch. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"LEFT\"\u003eKeith designed many of the successful ranges of glassware produced by Crown Crystal Glass, including the award-winning Anker and Aragon ranges. During his time at Crown, Keith became fascinated by glass, and in 1975 he resigned to set up his own glass studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"LEFT\"\u003eIn 1976 Keith started making his own glass creations from a studio he built in a derelict cow shed just north of Hikurangi at Otonga, Northland. This must have been one of the earliest glass studios in New Zealand. Most of his early work was unsigned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the years Keith has won many awards and has exhibited his work widely overseas. He held exhibitions of his work throughout New Zealand and also in England, Australia, Japan, the USA, and the Pacific Islands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1982 Keith received a QEII Arts Council equipment grant, and built a better glass studio at Paparoa. In 1984 and 1985 he won Phillips Studio Glass Awards. And in 1986 he became tutor in Glass and Design at Northland Polytechnic (Whangarei). The Arts Council awarded him a grant to extend the studio at the Polytechnic, and many of New Zealand's great glassmakers trained with Keith in Whangarei (including Mike McGregor, Shona Firman, Lynnette Campbell and many others).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeith also established a \u003cstrong\u003enew glass studio and gallery called \"Burning Issues\"\u003c\/strong\u003e located on the waterfront in Whangarei in a new shopping and visitor complex. Several glass artists used these facilities to blow their glass. B\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSadly the Northland Polytechnic decided to close down its glass-making facilities (to save costs) but Keith was well-established in Whangarei with the \"Burning Issues\" studio. Along with other New Zealand glass artists in 1999, Keith helped to train glass-workers for a glass studio in the Pacific Island country of Raratonga.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSadly Keith died in June 2013, but his legacy of beautiful glass will last for many generations in the future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c!----\u003e"}