Judith Le Harivel

I have always loved making things. I like using different media to bring alternative perspectives to my work. Glass is my principle medium.

As a compulsive gardener with a wild, organic garden, natural and organic forms influence my work. I’m inspired by the idea of the Earth as a single living system, in which all things in the natural world have agency and a reciprocal arrangement exists between humans and nature. I am currently exploring this concept in a series of artworks based around the ancient personification of nature as spirits. I am attracted to the idea of metamorphosis and drawn to work that is emotive and imperfect.

I have been making cast glass for around 10 years from my studio on the Kapiti Coast and strive to create well-executed, thoughtful and at times quirky and emotive artwork.