By Louise Irvine One of my most rewarding experiences at WMODA has been introducing artists and initiating successful collaborations in the Fired Arts. To launch our Believe the Impossible season of exhibits and events on January 22, glass artist, Rob Stern, and multi-disciplinary artist, Dave Rosenthal, explored sound and glassmaking beyond the

By Louise Irvine It wasn’t just the elephants who were dancing for joy on November 18 when Fée Halsted, the founder of Ardmore Ceramic Art in South Africa, received the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver for her contribution to visual art and generous transferring of skills to others. The National

Louise Irvine, our Executive Director and Curator, came face to face with two character jugs of herself when she visited the new Lion & Unicorn auction house to view their Royal Doulton sale. The idea of making a Louise character jug started in the mid-1980s when she worked for Royal

By Louise Irvine Believe the impossible as we explore “Through the Looking Glass” at WMODA to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Glass. Our new season of cutting-edge exhibitions and events is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s surreal story where Alice experiences a topsy turvy world not unlike ours today!

By Louise Irvine The Jabberwock was one of the most frightening creatures that Alice met in the dream world that she discovered Through the Looking Glass. The monster has been visualized many times since Sir John Tenniel created the defining image for the first edition of Lewis Carroll’s book in

By Louise Irvine “Ceramics are cool but glass is even hotter at WMODA!” according to Alex Miranda, the WSVN Deco Drive reporter. He visited the museum on October 13 to film a feature for the popular Channel 7 TV show, which aired on October 22. Alex chatted with Louise Irvine

By Louise Irvine Experience the crazy world of Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter on Saturday, December 4 as part of our Through the Looking Glass season to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the book’s publication. Michael Doulton, the fifth generation descendent of the Royal Doulton founder, will be

By Louise Irvine In Through the Looking Glass, the absurdist masterpiece by Lewis Carroll, Alice enters a fantastical world where everything is a mirror image reflection of normality, logic is reversed and nonsense reigns. As we enter the International Year of Glass in today’s topsy turvy world, we are looking