• Jaan’s elegantly sculpted bowls and bottles imply existential concepts
• His process employs layers of coiled clear glass to represent the passing of time
• He strives to create calm, simple objects of beauty with a deep complexity to them

Jaan Andres Poldaas strives for perfection in the making of glass objects. After training at Alberta College of Art & Design in Calgary, his pursuit of excellence took him to JamFactory’s production-based associate program in Adelaide, where six years of daily hot shop work refined his control of form. Jaan’s studio practice is focused on blown glass vessels and pared-back sculpture work using coiled clear glass. “My considered pieces are layered, referencing the sedimentary rock I studied in the Rockies when I lived in Calgary and ice cores I have seen in documentaries,” he says. Jaan has trained, exhibited and taught internationally in Australia, China and the United States. A constant point of reference is his uncle Jaan Aare Poldaas, a Toronto colour-field painter, whose example continues to shape his ambitions.