NOCTURNE

Hot glass · Christchurch

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Glass remembers
every movement.

A two-person studio working molten glass at 1140°C. Everything is made by hand, in one sitting, because glass does not permit second thoughts.

01

Vessels

Bowls, carafes and stemware. Thin walls, deliberate asymmetry.

02

Lighting

Pendants and shades made to measure for architects and restaurants.

03

Commissions

One-off work. Trophies, gifts, memorials, and the occasional very strange request.

Recent work

A rotating selection. Most pieces are one-offs; if you want something similar rather than identical, that is usually possible.

How a commission works

  1. Tell us roughlyA shape, a colour, a room, or a photograph of something you liked. Vague is fine at this stage.
  2. We make a sampleOne piece, so you can hold it. Glass photographs badly and reads completely differently in the hand.
  3. You change your mindEncouraged. Cheaper now than later.
  4. We make the runTwo to six weeks depending on size and how much the kiln is already doing.

Working with glass

  • Working temperature1140°C
  • Time before it sets~90 seconds
  • Annealing14–36 hours
  • Typical loss rate1 in 5
  • Studio founded2019

Nothing here is mass produced, and nothing is quite identical. That is the medium, not a disclaimer.

Two of us

Glass

Rangi Whitiora

Trained in Whanganui and at Kosta Boda in Sweden. Fifteen years on the pipe, and still slightly annoyed by the ones that get away.

Cold work & kiln

Ines Faber

Grinding, polishing, and everything that happens after the glass stops glowing. The reason the bases sit flat.

You get about ninety seconds before it decides for you.

Come and watch

The furnace runs hot and loud and it is genuinely worth seeing. No need to book unless you are more than four.

Open studio
Fridays, 10am – 4pm
Where
22 Kingsley Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Groups
Up to twelve, by arrangement — schools welcome
Commissions
Currently booking about six weeks out
Come and watch.

Studio open Fridays, 10–4 · 22 Kingsley Street, Sydenham

hello@nocturneglass.co.nz