Gordon Studio Glassblowers

As one of the most internationally celebrated Art Glass families in Australia, the Gordon Studio Glassblowers presents years of practice, infinite patience, and unique work to the world of Art Glass.

Situated amidst the quiet rolling farmland on the Mornington Peninsula, the gallery and workshop’s natural environment is indicative of the artisan heritage within.

Consisting of 7 members across 3 generations, this family of engravers and glassblowers prove that glass has a continued importance within the modern canvas of artisan practice.

The family’s love of the medium began in 1953 at the Edinburgh College of Art where Rish and Alasdair Gordon met, graduating with diplomas specialising in glass engraving and a lifelong partnership. The couple famously worked at Hadelands Glassworks in Scotland before moving to Norway to raise their family and later establish the Gordon Studio Glass Engravers. Together they emigrated to Australia in 1980 settling in Perth, where it didn’t take long for the glass gene to reveal itself in daughter Eileen and son Kevin. Neither have looked back.

Eileen founded the Gordon Studio Glassblowers in Red Hill with her husband and fellow glassblower Grant Donaldson in 2004. Their two sons, Hamish and Calum Donaldson, have both grown up in the glass studio and are now emerging glass artists.