Creative glasswork artists from all over Australia are looking with interest on a glass artworks complex planned for the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. The prime mover behind the glassworks project is the success of a Glass Workshop at the School of arts of the Australian National University. Founded in 1982, by German glassworks specialist Klaus Moje, enrolment for the workshop of about 20, produces about five graduating glassworks artists per year. The glass artists produce a huge range of artwork as feature items for building foyers, artworks for display in homes and galleries, or use as architectural elements. However, a major disadvantage for the Canberra artists has been the lack of glass processing facilities to support a thriving glass art industry.
