We recently celebrated the next stage of our Reconciliation Action Plan with an afternoon tea bringing together our staff, First Nations collaborators and friends. It was a moment to reflect, but also to spend time telling stories and connecting over homemade treats and tea.

A Welcome to Country by Uncle Colin Hunter set the tone for the afternoon, grounding us in place as a reminder of the importance of listening and ongoing care.

A highlight of the day was hearing from artist Shea Oberleuter of Lewaglass, who introduced her work 'Journey of Significance 2'. We were honoured to acquire the piece as a symbol of this Innovate Stage in our Reconciliation journey.

Her work reflects her Indigenous, Asian and European heritage, combining traditional glassmaking techniques with a distinctive contemporary voice. There is a lightness and clarity to her practice, alongside a strong sense of cultural continuity.

As a studio, we’ve long been interested in leadlight glass art and its role in adding character, craft and individuality to spaces.

Shea’s work represents a new generation of makers, and an important First Nations and female voice within the medium. Her ongoing exploration of glass, including its relationship to architecture and sculptural form, resonates strongly with Six Degrees.

Shea has been featured in British Vogue and Vanity Fair UK, and she is part of the community around GLAAS Inc, where Six Degrees director Peter Malatt now serves as Chair. We’re proud to support this network of practitioners, including artists such as Nadine Keegan, with whom we previously collaborated for Clarendon Works.

This afternoon was a reminder that Reconciliation is about building good relationships, share experiences and a commitment to working together.

Visit Shea's Group show during Melbourne Design Week, an exhibition by GLAAS INC, bringing together four of Australia’s most exciting emerging architectural glass artists collaborating to create a glass work representing their vision of the future based on nature and the natural world.

Two Indigenous glass artists, Shea and Rickie Gugumah Martin (Yorta Yorta and Pairrebeenne), with two non-Indigenous glass artists, Jordan Benson and Nadine Keegan (who contributed her stained glass windows to our office design for Clarendon Works), created a four-panelled glass work entitled WHERE WE MEET.

On Saturday 16 May, 2–4 pm, the exhibition opens with a panel discussion with the artists at the Australian Centre for Glass Design in Windsor.

Images by Six Degrees and supplied by glass artist Shea Oberleuter featuring her work:

• "Journey of Significance 1+2" (featured in British Vogue and Vanity Fair UK)

• Queens College, Parkville - December 2025, "Between the Lines”

• Kingston Arts/Craft Victoria - June 2024, “Journey of Significance - No. 5, My Australia"

• Frankston Arts, Emerging Artist - January 2025, “Thread of Light” (Collaborative Piece)