egg objects inspired by the work of Robert Sapolsky, an American neuroendocrinology researcher and author. In particular his Stanford University lectures and book: Behave. The biology of humans at our best and worst (Penguin Press, May 2017) ISBN 1-5942-0507-8. Also inspired by the work of real glass makers Peter Bowles and Anne Clifton.
‘A hen is an egg’s way of making another egg’ Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
digital glass object: egg study. Shot at goode beach, western australia july 2024
digital glass object: egg study. Shot at goode beach, western australia 2023
sgraffito on layer by thomas shaw c 1997
sofu teshigahara object
sofu teshigahara object 072023
sofu teshigahara object 20072023 LUCA and LECA [Cellular organisms have a shared ancestor. Referred to as LUCA: the last universal common ancestor. Then there is LECA: the last eukaryotic common ancestor. This is where organisms have cells that contain a nucleus. The making of these objects reflect on these ancestors]
sofu teshigahara object 100720230
sofu teshigahara object 19072023
sofu teshigahara object 062023
sofu teshigahara object 27072023
sofu teshigahara object 19072023
sofu teshigahara object 09072023
bell jar
vessels
dedicated to john conway [26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020]
1990 – work in progress seascape study [predominately gage roads coast, including rottnest island and elizabeth’s rocks, and goode beach western australia]
hinterglasmalerei: pigment, oil and acrylic on glass pigment [ASTDM 1] in alkyd media and acrylic polymer emulsion artwork area 608mm w 920mm h gallery frame 820mm w 1140mm h
submerged object [anomaly] study two 072023 Goode Beach area
submerged object [anomaly] study one 072023 Goode Beach area
water study 052023
winter study 2021
water study 062023 Goode beach
water study 062023 anomaly
water study 052023 Goode beach area
seascape painting western australia series late 20th century
esperance dolls are a series of sock dolls in response to the lead contamination in esperance, western australia 2005 – 2007. The dolls include port workers and bird collectors.
andrew stumpfel stusha studio sculpture felted object
stusha studio andrew stumpfel sock puppet of esperance doll
stusha studio andrew stumpfel esperence doll of bird catcher
boat. western australian minerals and flora, glass and pigment in wax 130mm h x 290mm w x 130mm d. 27072024
gestalt series early 122023
gestalt series early 122023
artworks cabinet
retasked/adapted/adopted furniture 2020
artwork + collection cabinet‘gentle cluster’ artwork by rebecca louise orchard 2011 https://rebeccaorchard.net/Informationisland studyplaster buildings artwork by shiloh perryesperance dollcabinet of wonder: artwork maquettesmaquettes featuring work by peter bowles and anne clifton https://www.glassmanifesto.commaquettes featuring work by peter bowles and anne clifton https://www.glassmanifesto.com
esperance doll [port worker] 2009 felting by ursula shaw with pauline franklyn and glass blowing by katherine lys
wax head 2006 western australian geology, shell and pigment
smack wars 1979, blackwall reach, western australia austen steel 1990
stusha studio andrew stumpfel cast glass sculpture 1999
pregnant horse
pregnant horse, mornington peninsular, austen steel collection of Ken Cato. Photo by Csaba Banki
lightburn drill from mr smith air half inch drive light from Brittney 2018
utensils to failure point
island study south western australian geology and wax 2008
firing record slumped jars 2015
sprit of holden 1990 collection of leon bird
spirit figure 1990 galvanised sheet collection of lloyd werner
seated figure cement on galvanised sheet c1990 [shot on polapan 35mm]
dog [otto] drinking stars 102024. Encaustic on ply. Pigment, ore, glass and jarrah charcoal in wax. 1200mm x 1750mm x 15mm
airmaker
airmaker series [stromatolite] plaster, ores, jarrah charcoal, glass and pigment in wax 708mm h x 455mm w 03092024
airmaker [stromatolite] plaster, ore, jarrah charcoal, glass and metal flake in wax 916mm h x 606mm w 03092024
airmaker encaustic painting. pigment, jarrah charcoal, glass ground in wax on ply 767mm h x 528mm w 06082024
cell study
scutoid epithelial cell. ore, eggshell, jarrah charcoal and pigment in wax 900mm x 600mm 27072024
cell shape study encaustic painting 900mm h 600mm w ore, pigment, eggshell and jarrah charcoal in wax 082024
encaustic on canvas: reflection upon the first forms of cellular life that required self-assembled membranes – prior to LUCA
cell membrane study encaustic painting 900mm h 600mm w ore, glass, jarrah charcoal and pigment in wax 082024
cell wall study encaustic on canvas 655mm x 365mm 1990-2023
cell wall study series encaustic on canvas 225mm x 225mm 302023
cell wall study series encaustic on canvas 400mm x 250mm 302023
gestalt series, indigo dye on paper
gestalt series. Indigo dye on paper, 022024. 405mm h 335mm w.
gestalt series. Indigo dye on paper, 022024. 310mm h 445mm w.
gestalt series. Indigo dye on paper, 022024. 475mm h 285mm w.
LUCA series, indigo dye on paper
LUCA series. Indigo dye on paper, early 122023. 446mm width.
LUCA series painting. indigo dye and suspension ink on paper. 122023
LUCA series section. Indigo on paper, early 122023. Nominal 200mm width
encaustic
pigment and wax
encaustic materials study 2023. 210mm [h] x 297mm [w]
desire lines series 2022. Encaustic on ply with pigments: glass ground from cleaver street, western australia and lamp black. 2021 332mm [h] 233mm [w]
desire lines series 2022. Encaustic on ply with pigments: glass ground from cleaver street, ash and lamp black. 2021 505mm [h] 505mm [w]
vague anomaly series [reflection on LUCA and LECA] 2023. Encaustic on ply with pigments: glass ground from gleadow street, tasmania, charcoal, ash and oxides. 2023 375mm [h] 258mm [w]
fire study encaustic 2023. Jarrah charcoal and ash, glass grounds and pigments on ply. 712mm h x 582mm w
masked figure encaustic, 2023. Jarrah charcoal, glass grounds, egg shell and pigments on ply. 370mm h x 250mm w
masked figure encaustic, 112023. Jarrah charcoal, glass grounds, egg shell, metal flake and pigments on ply. 402mm h x 288mm w
bad imaging
bad imaging series. Indigo dye on paper early 122023. Nominal 200mm width
bad imaging series number 9 348mm h x 225mm w 112023
bad imaging series number 2 340mm h x 215mm w 112023
acrylic, gesso, pigment and oil on glass
artwork area 920mm h 608mm w gallery frame black 1140mm h 820mm w
1990 – work in progress series of 12 heads, 5 complete, 1 destroyed in flooding event and 1 in forklift mishap.
oil and acrylic/gesso on glass [head 6 contains salt] artwork area 920mm h 608mm w gallery frame 1140mm h 820mm w
head [6 of 12]
head [1 of 12]
head [3 of 12]
head [2 of 12]
ephemera halo drawings at 39 studio. Foamed concrete dust, broom/brush, rake and vacuum
halo drawing 6/20 2010
halo drawing 9/20 2010
halo drawing 12/20 2010
halo drawing 19/20 2010
halo drawing 8/20 2010
halo drawings assist: thomas dexter shaw
c 1990 chalk, blackboard paint [talc, acrylic, titanium dioxide] and cement on canvas 380mm w x 550mm h
streetscape kensington, western australia 2012kensington story group banksia street cafe from a herbarium of kensington gardens 2007
heist paintings encaustic 1/3 2018 [the best paintings that ever were]
heist paintings oil 2/3 2018
heist paintings encaustic 3/3 2018
squid ink, esperance jetty 2000
nest series mono print with tom vanderveen permaset onto paper 2012
kurt weill drawing gouache on paper 440mm x 290mm 1986
sky peaceful bay perforation + rotring isograph [shellac and soot ink] onto Fabriano Artistico 2003
“…see the Southern Cross? It is not flat, like on the flag. See the brightest star – at the foot of the cross? and then the two less bright – the top and left stars and then a lighter star – and then the palest. Now pull the brightest star closer towards you and the paler stars further away to make it 3d. If you can do that, then do it to the whole night sky. It is being under hung lights. Once you see it you cannot go back to seeing the stars as a painted dome over your head”
an explanation to thomas [11],
masked figure acrylic, pigment and gesso on glass
masked figure c1990
masked figure acrylic and oil on glass
masked figure acrylic and oil on glass
acrylic on glass
acrylic on glass
horse with figure oil on canvas [collection of denise and craig marshall]
Somewhere on Newcastle Street is the studio space. It is run as a collective. Being in it, it is not easily described to convey the characteristics of the work method in the space or the workings of the cohort of people that make up the collective. I suspect that when it is gone, only then will someone be able to give an account for how it worked, and how vivid and vital it was.
andrew stumpfel stusha studio hinterglasmalerei pangea flora projection at studio newcastle street perth western australia
end of year 2022 dinner with bands that included matthew bairstow, cameron selby, brenton selby, laurence mcmanus, samuel chiera, bell lyle, ben berkhout
end of year 2022 chess
work in progress 2022parts cabinet 2022
annual dinner for the collective 2019
experimentation and filming 2019
annual dinner for the collective 2018
work in progress 2015work in progress 2011work in progress 2010
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