Driven by patient devotion to material ecology, new materialism and material afterlife, Billy Crellin’s practice occupies a new plane built upon histories of glass making, studio crafts and industrialisation. Crellin’s sculptural works transform raw earthly commodities into consumer objects, following a linear anthropology that ultimately returns them to natural processes. In its deceptive clarity, glass mimics the metamorphosis of stone, embodying a uniquely human interpretation of natural evolution.
A trained production glassblower with a degree in visual arts, for over a decade he has worked across glass centres in Europe and Australia before establishing a studio in Naarm/Melbourne Australia. Crellin’s works are found in the collection of the city of Lommel, he was a finalist in the 2019 Fuse Glass Prize emerging category and he has held residencies at the Glazenhuis in Belgium and is the Canberra Glassworks 2026 AIR recipient.