Lisa Bate Studio

Waterlog
Kiln formed cast glass, copper tube, copper & steel wire | h360 x w2600 x d5mm

Waterlog occupies 2.6 meters in length, the individual glass panels present as an archive, documenting changes in water quality. The work makes reference to daily observations, residing by the Taihiki River, a tidal river estuary in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Glass is used to demonstrate how the contaminants from runoff enters the water, gets distributed by tidal currents. Here, the fragile qualities of glass parallel the vulnerable state of fresh waterways and ecosystems.

Exhibition 'Waterlog'
Waiheke Art Gallery
Open daily 10 - 4

Converge no.2 (detail)
Hanging mobile

Cast glass with copper wire inclusions

Converge no.2 2026
Hanging mobile

Cast glass with copper wire inclusions, copper tube, brass tube, bronze & steel wire 
h1250 x w190 x d160mm

Waiheke Art Gallery

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At the opening of my show 'Waterlog' a couple of weeks ago Waiheke Art Gallery - on show until 11 October 💧

Lisa Bate lives right on the water — beside the Taihiki River, a tidal estuary in Franklin. It's not hard to see how that shapes Waterlog: glass that behaves like water when heated, capturing the exact moment something clear turns cloudy.
On now until 11 October. we're open 10 - 4 everyday, see you soon!

Waterlog by Lisa Bate turns glass into a meditation on water. Working with kiln-cast glass, Lisa mirrors the way contaminants move through Tāmaki Makaurau's freshwater systems — clear where the water runs clean, cloudy where it doesn't. She lives beside the Taihiki River in Franklin, and it shows. On now until 11 October.

Circulate 2026 - mobile
h1680 x w85 x d85mm
Sterling silver, cast glass, copper tube, brass tube, steel wire

Images show detailed sections of the work measuring 1680mm in length.

On show in 'Waterlog'
Waiheke Art Gallery

Glass has been used to demonstrate how contaminants enter our waterways, then get distributed by moving currents.

Resurfacing no5 & 6
Cast glass & copper wire inclusions

'Waterlog'
4 September - 11 October

Waiheke Art Gallery
Open daily 10 - 4