Fran Nason has had a love for creating art since she was a child and held strong aspirations to become an art teacher specialising in painting after completing her schooling.
After moving from Brisbane to Cairns at the age of twenty, Fran decided to explore a new artform, and pursued a course in lead lighting where she learnt the fundamentals of glass cutting.
“I fell in love with the beautiful colours of the stained glass, and over the years, I developed my skills by making many art pieces for family and friends in my spare time,” explained Fran.
In 2000, Fran and her young family moved to Weipa, where she began teaching the unique artform to many local ladies in a space under her home.
“It was a great social gathering for us, and one night my husband overheard us saying, “wouldn’t it be good if we had a kiln to fuse glass”, and to my surprise, he bought me one as a present for our anniversary,” shared Fran.
With her new kiln, Fran taught herself to fuse and slump glass, and following her retirement as an educator to children with special needs three years ago, her family relocated to Forrest Beach where Fran finds plenty of time to practise her glasswork.
A simple hobby, Fran creates glass art for the local Hinchinbrook Markets here and there to continue funding her passion, and earlier this year, she decided to enter a piece in the 46th Hinchinbrook Art Awards where she received the Overall Acquisitive Award for her piece, “Wallaman Falls at Dusk”.
“The beautiful piece of timber which frames the lead light was gifted to me from a friend’s father’s farm on the Tablelands, and it was the shape of this and the want to create artwork that represents Hinchinbrook that inspired me,” Fran added.
Fran’s talents have been displayed and celebrated on multiple occasions, including winning Champion Exhibit earlier this year at the Ingham Show.
“I am forever learning new techniques to improve my artwork and taking on more challenges, and I enjoy seeing the joy people receive from my artwork.”
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