Lava Glass Taupo – Glassblowing Studio & Sculpture Garden

Discover original art glass inspired by New Zealand’s scenery. Lava Glass is a gallery, workshop, sculpture garden, and café complex that offers visitors a unique and intriguing glimpse into the glass-blowing field in New Zealand.

Lynden Over, the gallery’s founder and resident artist, offers frequent glass-blowing demonstrations in the workshop. The gallery features one-of-a-kind pieces from his ‘Volcanic Range’ and exquisite ‘Ebb & Flow’ Series.

Lava Glass offers a spectacular sculpture park with over 600 glass art sculptures and some of the most significant pieces of glass created in New Zealand. All of the garden glass art decorations are produced on-site.

The café is available for breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea and serves various fresh, prepared dishes and cupboard food. Everything is produced using fresh, local, seasonal ingredients.

 

Lava Glass – Glassblowing

Have you ever wondered how glassblowers work? Glassblowing is enthralling, and witnessing the glass craftsmen at work is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Discover more at the Lava Glass studio!

Our glassblowing studio is open every day from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Come see Lynden Over and our resident artists create one-of-a-kind works of art.

Lynden Over built all of the kilns and furnaces in our glassblowing facility. In this manner, he guaranteed that the equipment met his precise needs. A Lava Glass furnace has a capacity of 90 litres of molten glass. We boil fresh, clear glass once a week to replenish our glass supply. The pre-cooked glass is melted down over a 5-6 hour period before being kept at 1300 degrees Celsius for 13 hours to guarantee the melt produces a pure and cle for ban body.

Throughout the year, our furnace maintains a temperature of 1060 degrees Celsius. It is never switched off unless the pot (glass tank) has to be serviced. Many art glass creations begin with the collection of clear glass from the furnace. After that, the glass is blown, sculptured, and coloured. Special moults are sometimes used by painters to give their work structure. Each glass item at Lava Glass is handmade, making each one a one-of-a-kind work of art. More Information:

 

Lava Glass – Sculpture Garden

Lava Glass has a magnificent sculpture garden featuring some of the largest pieces of glass blown in New Zealand.

The NZ Gardens Trust has endorsed our garden as a “Garden of Significance”. Enjoy more than 600 art glass sculptures at the Lava Glass garden. Take a stroll around ponds and through fields of glass flowers to enjoy the glass art masterpieces glinting in the sun. There is an abundance of serene spots to sit and take in the beauty.

All glass sculptures at Lava Glass are created by Lynden Over and his team of accomplished glass workers in the glass blowing studio on site. Pictures do not do these sculptures justice, these colourful, delightful pieces are truly a sight to behold. 
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Lava Glass – Shop

Discover unique glass art for sale by award-winning glass artist Lynden Over in our art glass online shop. Lynden Over is famous for his ‘Volcanic Series’, a magnificent collection of art glass inspired by NZ’s striking scenery and landscapes. His latest works are the pieces of the Ebb & Flow series. Their crafting process is innovative and extremely complicated. Lynden Over’s artworks are not only desirable collector’s items and original gifts but unique embellishments for any home & garden. 
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Lava Glass – Cafe

The café is open for breakfast, lunch as well as afternoon tea offering a selection of fresh, homemade meals and cabinet food. Everything is made of wholesome local, seasonal produce. 
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Phone:  07 374 8400                       Email: [email protected]

Visit our Website:  lavaglass.com/