Cedar Prest is an Australian
stained glass
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artist based in
Maslin Beach
Maslin Beach is a southern coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Onkaparinga.
The name refers to the town of ''Maslin Beach'', the beach after which it was named and the suburb which contains both. In this ...
,
South Australia
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.
Early life and education
She has a B.A. and Dip.Ed. from the
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...
(1961) and also studied drawing at the
National Gallery of Victoria Art School at night, then completed a post diploma in stained glass at
Hornsey College of Art, London (1966). She received an
Australia Council
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grant to study the contemporary architectural glass masters in Germany (1975) from which came a community glass project at
Parks Community Centre in 1979–80.
Further study was undertaken in 2002–2003 on a
Churchill Fellowship
Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts (WCMT) are three independent but related living memorials to Sir Winston Churchill, based in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. They exist for the purpose of administering Churchill Fellowships, a ...
at the
University of Creation Spirituality in
Oakland, California
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. She then trained as a labyrinth facilitator at
Grace Cathedral,
San Francisco
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, 2002 with a follow-up workshop in
Chartres Cathedral in 2004.
Honours
Prest was made a member in the General Division of the
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...
in 1987 for service to the art of stained glass and to the community particularly youth.
Works
*From her study of contemporary architectural glass masters in Germany came a community glass project at Parks Community Centre at
Angle Park, South Australia
Angle Park is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 10 km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Wingfield, Mansfield Park, Ferryden Park, and Rege ...
in 1979-80 and eight others in public spaces like theatres schools and libraries.
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St Peter's Cathedral includes 48 clerestory stained glass windows, providing 'a brilliantly constructed narrative history of South Australia ... full of "droughts and flooding rains"'
*She donated two stained glass windows "depicting mazes leading to constellations, bridges and animals" to the
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children Camperdown, she had "won a section of the Australian National Glass Association's Oz Glass Competition (seeking) to find suitable windows for the room in the hospital".
*A "rippling glass mural" dominating the arrival hall of the new
Sydney International Terminal at Sydney Airport All the glass was custom made working with Freedom glass in Freemantle WA too make it an All Australian welcome.
*The stained glass window in honour of Mollie Thompson in
Macquarie University
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's library, is one of four entrance and spacious foyer.
Jim Tulip, (11 June 2004), A guardian of the source of knowledge, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 29
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*Adelaide College of Divinity
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a labyrinth designed to honour the journeys of refugees and migrants. Symbols incorporated in the labyrinth include a large chalice and a central wafer - a reference to Holy Communion. A stylised version of the labyrinth is used as the college logo.
*Stained glass windows in a number of schools: Yirara College
Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Mills (surveyor), William Whitfield Mills after Alice ...
of the Finke River Mission
Hermannsburg, also known as Ntaria, is an Aboriginal community in Ljirapinta Ward of the MacDonnell Shire in the Northern Territory of Australia, ; west southwest of Alice Springs, on the Finke River, in the traditional lands of the Western A ...
1985, Pedare Christian College
Pedare Christian College is a joint Independent, junior, middle and senior school in South Australia. The junior school comprises reception to year 5, the middle school years 6 to 9, and the senior school years 10 to 12.
This school is a membe ...
1998, Pembroke 1999, Loreto College 2000 and Tanunda 2001 and recently labyrinth
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (, ) was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the ...
s at Northfield Primary 2004 and Loreto College 2007.
References
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External links
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Members of the Order of Australia
Culture of Adelaide
Australian stained glass artists and manufacturers
University of Melbourne alumni
1940 births
Living people
National Gallery of Victoria Art School alumni