Jon Firth

Born in Sydney in 1955, Jon Firth served as an electronics technician in the RAAF for 6 years.

After his discharge in 1979 He worked as a manager in the licensed club industry until 1984 when he met high profile Sydney Glass artist Marc Grunseit.

He was trained by Marc in both stained and kiln formed glass for more than year. Jon and his wife Sue moved to Darwin where he set up his studio Unicorn in the light industrial area of Coconut Grove.

Over the ensuing years his passion for glass has never waned. He has undergone extensive further training. perfecting his skills and expanding his knowledge. In 1996 he toured France and the UK researching glass, both ancient and modern.

He is the Ausglass (Association of Australian Glass Artists) representative for the NT, the Chairman of Territory Craft-Darwin and president of the peake organisation Territory Craft.

Works on Show at

Jon's kiln formed glass has been acquired by collectors from all over the world. It has also been presented to a number of world leaders by the NT Government. His stained glass adorns churches all around Darwin as well as many private homes.

His Kiln formed glass can be seen at:

Territory Colours Darwin
Craft Territory at Parliament House Darwin.
Framed the Darwin Gallery.
Craft Territory-Alice Springs.
The Red Hill Gallery Brisbane.
The Crafters Gallery at Mt Tamborine Qld.
My Gallery at Sorrento on the Gold Coast.
The Glass Artists Gallery Glebe NSW.
Gallery JD in Kangaroo Valley NSW.
The Dural Galleries near Hornsby NSW.
Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
Wilson's at Robe, South Australia.
The Old Bakery on Eighth Gallery in Maylands W.A.
The Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring W.A.
And on line at the Australian Gift Gallery.

This plate 'Blue Chaos 1-Blue Murder' was acquired by Territory Craft at its prestigious Alice Craft Acquisition in May 2001