Saddler’s Court Gallery


offers the work of more than 100 Tasmanian artists and crafts people. We choose each piece personally, not in terms of what is fashionable or what sells best, but according to its ability to reflect something of Tasmania.

Eileen Gordon was born in Norway to British parents whose work in glass kept them there until she reached the early teens. She came to Tasmania in the early 80’s to work with Tasmanian Glassblowers and to develop her own ideas at the same time. She exhibited at Saddler’s Court Gallery both in production and exhibition work, and the Gallery has continued to represent her in the ensuing years.

She has since that time worked at the Jam Factory in Adelaide, the Meat Market Craft Centre in Melbourne, and has also visited Scotland to explore its famous glass studios. Marriage to Grant Donaldson, another glass artist, and the setting up of their studio in Victoria has taken place in the last few years, and they now also employ one full time and two part time people.

Eileen and Grant are constantly experimenting with colour and design; their work is characterised by innovation and imagination.