Laura de Carteret
Laura de Carteret is a multidisciplinary artist based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). They are working predominantly as a glass blower and metal-smith, completing their Bachelor of Fine Arts (Gold and Silversmithing) at RMIT. Their hybrid practice places pleasure and discomfort in dialogue generating visceral and animated forms. With an intuitive approach to materials, Laura creates biomorphic artefacts that are otherworldly.
Laura’s Interview
A study of the textures of trees and shell formations, this work traces the layered rhythms of nature as a reflection of growth and memory.
Through glass, fluidity becomes form, reflecting the dualities of human experience — fragility and strength, permanence and change, containment and release — a vessel of protection, memory, and becoming.
The Conchologist, 2025. Bullseye Glass, 380 H x 160 W x 140mm D. Photographed by Fred Kroh
Laura assembling stack
Laura preparing
Laura at the reheating chamber
Laura and Michelle cooling the rod
Laura cooling and squishing stack
Laura mavering stack
Laura receiving glass for knob
Laura pulling murrine cane
Laura and giles preparing stuff cup
Stuff cup
Laura at the reheating chamber
Laura chopping murrine
Laura heating the plate
Laura squishing roll up
Giles demonstrating how to close roll up
Closing the roll up
Laura mavering roll up
Laura and Giles mavering
Looking at the form
Laura mavering
Laura pulling point
Pulling the point
Heating the base
Flashing the form
Puntil insertion
Cold working
Cold working