Lisa Bate Studio

Lifting Baseline by Lisa Bate

Kiln-cast glass with copper powder inclusions and stainless-steel wall mounts
420 x 50 x 80mm

"Lifting Baseline continues a series of work drawing on issues relating to freshwater quality. Copper inclusions have been cast in glass spheres — mimicking water droplets filled with floating or hidden microscopic life, unnoticed yet essential to the ecosystem."

This work is a finalist in the Perpetual Guardian Small Sculpture Prize 2026, selected by Deborah McCormick. This exhibition runs in the Main Gallery till May 17.

For enquiries, please contact us at [email protected].

Lifting Baseline
h50 x w420 x d80mm
Cast glass with copper inclusions & stainless steel wall mounts

Small Sculpture Prize 2026
27 March - 17 May

Waiheke Art Gallery | Te Whare Taonga o Waiheke


All works in the exhibition are viewable online:

https://www.waihekeartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/exhibitions/small-sculpture-prize-2026/

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Finalist in the 2026 Perpetual Guardian Small Sculpture Prize and exhibition

Liftng Baseline 2025
h50 x w420 x d80mm
Cast glass, copper powder inclusions & stainless steel wall mounts

Many thanks to this year's selector and judge Deborah McCormick. There were 98 entries from around Aotearoa New Zealand, 32 were selected for the exhibition

Exhibition opening and awards announcement this evening Friday 27 March at 6pm

27 March - 17 May
Waiheke Art Gallery | Te Whare Taonga o Waiheke
2 Korora Rd - Oneroa - Waiheke Island


A catalogue of all works in the exhibition will be available to view on-line www.waihekeartgallery.org.nz

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Materials combination - brass wire & glass spheres with copper wire inclusions

Discovering new ways to work with materials

🐌 slow making

SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT

new year / old me

Out There Somewhere?
Mobile series

Waterlog no.7
h340 x w340 x d5mm
Kiln formed cast glass, copper tube, copper & steel wire

Waterlog no.7 is part of an ongoing series of work responding to the way human interactions affect water quality.

Glass can be liquid or solid, a shape-shifting material, sharing qualities similar to water when heated. Here, the glass is controlled and chaotic, reactions that occurred during its molten and fluid state —shallow, fast-flowing.

SMALL WORKS ART PRIZE 2026
4 - 17 January


322 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy - Melbourne - AUS

I have a glass/water wall panel work on show at the Brunswick Street Gallery. Please view this exhibition of exquisite small works if you're in the Melbourne area.

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NOW OPEN: SMALL WORKS ART PRIZE 2026
4–17 JANUARY
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Starting off this year with a bang, we welcome you to join us for our Small Works Art Prize, now open!

Celebrating creativity on an intimate scale, this prize showcases both emerging and established artists from across Australia and beyond, with just shy of 1100 artworks on display, each no larger than 35x35x35cm.

Every artistic medium imaginable is on display, including painting, photography, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, weaving... and more! The Small Works Art Prize is celebrated for its inclusivity, energy, and community spirit, offering artists a unique platform to connect with collectors and curators, share their work with thousands of visitors, and be part of an immersive exhibition that proves small art can have a truly big impact.

So come and visit us from today, as we open our doors for another Small Works Art Prize!
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EXHIBITION DATES: 4–17 JANUARY 2026
SUN 11AM–4PM, TUES–SAT 10AM–5PM

CELEBRATION EVENT: FRI 9 JANUARY 6–9PM
Join us to celebrate the artists and winners of this year’s prize from 6–9pm on Friday 9 January.
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