Mojo - Andrew Kasper & Marlene Abela

This delightful work is a tribute to Andrew’s beloved dog Molly. Andrew Kasper, Corten Steel, and Marlene Abela, glass artist have collaborated on this playful piece The totemic simplicity emphasizes the angularity of form, with the serrated jaw, pointed ear, and the blue glass eye made by Andrew’s partner and glass artist Marlene Abela. Mojo is expressive of the immeasurability of man’s affection for animals and invites us to contemplate the simple pleasures of attachment and belonging.

Andrew Kasper & Marlene Abela

This delightful work is tribute to Andrew’s beloved dog Molly. A playful, totemic simplicity emphasises the angularity of form, with the serrated jaw, pointed ear and the blue glass eye made by Andrew’s partner and glass artist Marlene Abela. Mojo is expressive of the immeasurability of man’s affection for animals and invites us to contemplate the simple pleasures of attachment and belonging.

Andrew Kasper

Andrew Kasper is a South Gippsland and Melbourne-based artist who specializes in Corten and stainless-steel sculpture. His work aesthetically aims to present a sense of joy to the viewer and convey feelings of peace and harmony. Through symbolic, rhythmic, and kinetic forms, his work engages with the environment, whether in private gardens, outdoor public spaces, or the undulating and rugged cliffs of coastal Australia. The beauty of Andrew’s sculpture, which he has described as being based on simplicity, is enhanced by their material relationship to the landscape in which they sit, interacting and moving with the rise and flow of natural forces such as the sea, wind, and Australian light.

His working studio and sculpture garden,Art Fusion Gallery, is located in Anderson (90 minutes from Melbourne) and is open to the public and shared with his glass artist partner, Marlene Abela. Andrew’s work is represented in corporate and private collections in Australia and the USA, and his piece, ‘Tranquility’ has won two sculpture acquisition competitions, Tesselaar Exhibition First Prize in and Neerim Bower Acquisition.

Andrew Kasper Website

Marlene Abela

Marlene Abela creates beautiful glass art, giftware and jewellery, her speciality. 'Her colourful and distinctive glass platters are usable art – as beautiful as they are practical. The Sea Mist artwork series, inspired by the local coastline is the perfect way to bring the ocean into your home. Alongside her striking artwork is a popular jewellery range of glass pendants and earrings. Each piece of jewellery and art, lovingly created, is unique.' Marlene has aworking studio and sculpture garden,Art Fusion Gallery, which is located in Anderson (90 minutes from Melbourne) and is open to the public and shared with her sculptor partner, Andrew Kasper.

Marlene Alba Website