tevita havea: creative compulsion

Blown glass, woven twine and carved wood are the materials of choice for Tonga born Tevita Havea.  A 2005 graduate of the Australian National University School of Art Glass Workshop, Havea is an emerging artist who tells the stories of his boyhood through sculpture. Read this review of the artist’s work that appeared in a show titled “The Hunks of Glass”.  The review includes the fascinating story told by his three pieces in the show.

The Gate Keeper, glass, wood, twine

Vailoa, glass, twine

Return, glass, wood, twine

Sino, glass, twine

“I aim to mimic the rawness of the primitive, the refinement of the contemporary and voice the ‘inbetweeness’ of culture.” Tevita Havea

A more in-depth look at Tevita Havea’s art can be found here. Pictures of an exhibit of Havea’s most recent work are on Glass Central Canberra’s Flickr site. More about him at Vitria Gallery.