I Forgot My Keys, So I Climbed Through The Window

I Forgot My Keys, So I Climbed Through The Window is a look into Laura de Carteret’s experimental glass practice, investigating ideas around disassociation, portals and alchemy. Depicted are hybrid organic forms that explore the dynamic interplay between containment and release. Works both contain and hold through cell-like bubbles and valleys of fused matter, yet also push out through elongated mounds and breaks pointing in opposite directions. Each sculpture embodies a duality - holding and releasing - present through the process of making.

Laura’s process-driven practice intertwines the precision glass-blowing requires with a willingness to embrace mistakes, allowing the material to influence the creative process.

Laura de Carteret is a French-Australian multidisciplinary artist based in Naarm (Melbourne). They work as both a glass blower and metal-smith. Their hybrid practice places pleasure and discomfort in dialogue generating visceral and animated forms. They are recognised for an intuitive approach to materials, creating biomorphic artefacts that are otherworldly. Laura holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Gold and Silversmithing) from RMIT.