Eye Ring with Deadly Nightshade inside
Ethnobotany is the new collection by glass artist Emma Bourke. Expressive sculptural works created by the processes of lampworking showcase Bourke's intuitive and informed approach to her research into the traditional and contemporary uses of wild Irish plants. Bourke's underlying objective is to bring the essence of what she finds engaging in the endangered customs and wild flora unique to her homeland into her contemporary glass practice.
Botany
9 x 5.5 x 5.5
Bio
Emma Bourke graduated from NCAD with BA(Hons) in Craft Design Glass in 2009. She went on to achieve a Masters in Fine Art from the University of Sunderland in 2013. Emma has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally including; Portfolio at the Coach House in Dublin Castle, IRL, The Ireland Newfoundland Trail, NL Crafts Council Gallery, NL, Sociolect at The Biscuit Factory, UK. Bourke was recently commissioned to create the trophies for Allianze Buisness to Arts Awards 2019, she also won Irish Fashion Innovation Awards; Jewellery Designer 2016, the Golden Fleece Award 2014, IRL, Future Makers Practioner Award 2014, IRL, Futures Fund 2013, UK, John and Elsie Burton Flamework Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School 2013, USA. The Museum of Ireland has a piece of Bourkes work in their Collection and Emma’s thesis; Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka and their glass models of sea creatures was also acquired by the Corning Museum of Glass, as part of the Rakow Library’s Blaschka Archive. Bourke’s Ethnobotany Collection will be on perminante public display in the offices of Maurice Ward Art Handling in Dublin later this year.
