Current Exhibition

“Cycles of Life”  Launched on 6th May 2024

Current Exhibition

“Cycles of Life”  Launched on 6th May 2024

From the smallest microbe to the biggest animal on earth – the Antarctic blue whale – we all experience the cycle of life from birth Preview Changes (opens in a new tab)through to death.  Shakespeare wrote about the 7 ages of man – the infant, the schoolboy, the lover, the soldier, the justice, the pantaloon and old age.

The rhythm of life has a powerful beat so we invited CGS members and glass artists to show us their journey through the natural world. Even their glass pieces go through a cycle of creation!

Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) Members took up the invitation – and here we show you what they produced!

Most work is for sale – please contact the artists directly to make a purchase.

If you need any help or have any questions about the show or taking part, PLEASE EMAIL info@cgs.org.uk

 

Launched on:6th May 2024



Urban Living 2
Frozen in Time
Beauties and Nature III
Ice Formation
Darwin's moths, still evolving
Rockpool
Nelris
Shoal
Cycles
Seahorses
wintersun
Mary
Meadow Hare
Dartmoor Rainforest
Life
Beautiful Day
Recycling Narratives, Cohesion
Rainbow leaves
Cri?och, Tu?s (End, Beginning)
Message in a Bottle
Beneath the Surface
Buddy, aka Pink Pleurotus
Four autumn leaves
Dawn to Dusk
Sunset in Paradise
Asphodel II
View From My Window
Immortality
Lion
Museum Exhibit
The Bees of Life
Snake Fruit
Puffin
The Blossom and the Bee
Velvet
Microscopic Marine Life
Crushed and boiled
Generations
Nest bowl in green
Life of a Bellflower
Let's Go Bananas!

Artist:Cornelia Tersanszki

Email:cornelia_tersanszki@yahoo.com

Title:Urban Living 2

Contact: Cornelia Tersanszki

Details: Reversed glass painting

Price: 1800 GBP

Photo Credit: Cornelia Tersanszki

Dimension: 40 x 60 cm

Shop: https://www.corneliatersanszki.com/

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Artist:Tali Grinshpan

Email:taligd@gmail.com

Title:Frozen in Time

Description: The ever-changing life of the land inspires me. As an immigrant, I search for connection between the land and my internal landscape of memory. I explore the concept of identity, striving to create intimate spaces that speak of our emotional existence and life’s ephemeral journey, telling a story of fragility and strength, vulnerability, and resilience.

Contact: Tali Grinshpan

Details: Glass, Botanicals

Price: $9500

Photo Credit: Keay Edwards

Dimension: 127H x 127W x 5D cm

Shop: https://www.taligrinshpan.com

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Artist:Jianyong Guo

Email:gjy36900@163.com

Title:Beauties and Nature III

Description: This group of works is created using the methods of blowing, inside hollowing out and inside oil painting. The works reflect the traditional Chinese Taoist philosophy of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. The trajectory of life is also a process of reincarnation. The work illustrates this view through both the glass sculptural form and the inside painting.

Contact: 07759964583

Details: Blowing glass, inside painting

Price: 3000

Photo Credit: Jianyong Guo

Dimension: 40x60x20cm

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Artist:Clare Hepworth-Wain

Email:chwain222@gmail.com

Title:Ice Formation

Description: Cycles of Life:
Some research suggests life might have emerged in primordial glaciers.
As it moves through the water cycle, water changes from a liquid to a solid (ice).
Process:
This sculpture was made using float (old window) glass, that I stacked, fused and slumped in a handmade mould. Working with scrap glass extends its life and purpose.

Details: Fused Glass Sculpture

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Clare Hepworth-Wain

Dimension: 12cm long x 7cm high x 7cm depth

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Artist:Lynda Addison

Email:lyndaaddison@hotmail.com

Title:Darwin's moths, still evolving

Description: Semi abstract illustrations of Darwin's theories of evolution in moths, showing the change from light colours for trees in pre-industrial times, through dark colours to hide on sooty trees, to the lightening that is happening as pollution improves.

Contact: www.studioe

Details: Fused glass.

Price: sold

Photo Credit: Johnny Korkman

Dimension: 60x50 cms

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Artist:Lisa Coles

Email:lisa.coles@wyevalleyartist.co.uk

Title:Rockpool

Description: The circular form and subject of this fused glass rockpool encapsulates the theme of "Cycles of Life" by symbolising the intricate dynamics within ecosystems. Subject to tidal cycles, it represents themes of coexistence, adaptation and regeneration through changing circumstances.

Contact: 07738297737

Details: Kiln Formed Glass

Price: £140

Photo Credit: Lisa Coles

Dimension: 20 cm x 20 cm

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Artist:MeFio

Email:zuzcho@gmail.com

Title:Nelris

Description: Nelris' glass sculpture features a composition of ascending shards emanating from a clear base, creating a dynamic skyline of blue, gold, copper, and silver hues. The sculpture's surface reflects a visible color spectrum that subtly shifts with changing angles, adding to its visual intrigue. The sharpness of the shards contributes to the artwork's exploration of fragility, prompting contemplation

Contact: zuzana chandler

Details: Polychroma on Glass

Price: 3000

Photo Credit: mefio

Dimension: 600 x 120 x 80 mm

Shop: https://www.mefio.art

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Artist:Rachel Mary Elliott

Email:glass@rachel-elliott.com

Title:Shoal

Description: This grouping has a silent dialogue between the nautilus structures, their hollow chambers echoing an unknown relationship allowing the viewer to draw close and bring their own imaginings. The stoic discourse aims to visualise the moment of tension between isolation, containment and distancing with the recent varying reasons for feeling so.

Photo Credit: Shannon Tofts

Dimension: 17 (H) x 35 (W) x 8 (D) cms

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Artist:Emma Butler-Cole Aiken

Email:ebcaglass@yahoo.co.uk

Title:Cycles

Description: This panel is one of a series inspired by Celtic designs which speak of the connectedness of all things. This design turns in on itself in an almost fractal way.

Contact: Emma Butler-Cole Aiken

Details: Etched, painted, stained and leaded glass panel

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: E Butler-Cole Aiken

Dimension: Approx 50cm wide

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Artist:Lynn Purcell

Email:lynn@thecornmill.plus.com

Title:Seahorses

Description: Each seahorse was made using a mixture of clear crushed glass and 15 different coloured glass frits and powders which were laid onto the kiln shelf. The perforated structure is designed to convey the skeletal form and often translucent nature of the seahorse. Numerous experiments were done to achieve the desired size and shape of the ‘holes’ before the final three were created and kiln fired.

Contact: Lynn Purcell

Details: These glass seahorses are designed to be wall mounted with a stand off being used as the eyes which are of variable diameters and depths so they hang 2-4cms away from the wall.

Price: £395

Photo Credit: Lynn Purcell

Dimension: Overall Wall Size: 80(H) x 60(W) x 4(D) cm Individual sizes of sculptures: Large: 40(H)x18(W)x4(D) cm Medium: 33(H)x16(W)x3.5(D) cm Small: 29(H) x15(W)x3(D) cm

Shop: https://cgs.org.uk

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Artist:Anna Eggert

Email:anna.eggert@telia.com

Title:wintersun

Description: Without the sun - no cycles of life .
With winter-solstice the sun returns to a frozen world and life returns

Reused windowglass, chippedglasstechnique and glasspainting with ironwork

Contact: Anna Eggert

Details: Reused windowglass, chippedglasstechnique and glasspainting with iron

Price: 430 € shipping is added

Photo Credit: Anna Eggert

Dimension: 20 cm x 28 cm

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Artist:Morag Reekie

Email:reekie39@googlemail.com

Title:Mary

Description: Mary is one of my 'Creatures Of The Mind', looking forward to the spring Time sunshine.

Contact: reekie39@googlemail.com

Details: Cast Glass

Price: £45

Photo Credit: Morag Reekie

Dimension: H6cm,W5cm, D4cm

Shop: www.moragreekie.com

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Artist:Nancy Sutcliffe

Email:nancy@nancysutcliffe.co.uk

Title:Meadow Hare

Description: Contemplating nature helps us reflect on the interconnectedness of all living things. Hares are often associated with fertility, transformation, rebirth and the rhythm of life on earth. The pure golden ear is symbolic of the precious value of the natural world.

Contact: Nancy

Details: Engraved and gilded (24ct) optical glass in giftbox. Choice of stand.

Price: £650 including UK p&p

Photo Credit: Nancy Sutcliffe

Dimension: 20x15x2.5cms

Shop: nancysutcliffe.co.uk/shop

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Artist:Laura Kriefman

Email:Laura@helliontrace.com

Title:Dartmoor Rainforest

Description: Lustleigh Woods which is a section of Temperate Rain Forest. I was totally mesmerised by the layers of foliage and trees, bogs and ferns and knew I needed to capture it in glass. This piece was conceived as a 'diorama'- with 4 layers pulling you deeper in the forest and enabling you to feel the lushness and depth of greenery and lush wonder that our temperate rainforest contain.

Contact: Laura Kriefman

Details: This piece is copper foiled, with glass painting. It uses a mix of discontinued glass.

Price: £3,000

Photo Credit: Laura Kriefman

Dimension: 46cm H x 31 cm W x 41 cm D

Shop: https://lfkaleidoscope.myshopify.com/

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Artist:Janine Altman

Email:janine.altman@gmail.com

Title:Life

Description: Biology and psychology approach the life cycle of human in a different but complementary way, the phases we go through that define how we behave, how we perceive reality and what our needs are. The artwork “LIFE” is composed of three plants that symbolize some of these stages, childhood, adulthood and old age.

Contact: Janine Altman

Details: Flameworking and Fusing techniques, with bullseye, borosilicate and recycled glass

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Janine Altman

Dimension: 12 x 15 x 15 cm (each piece approximately)

Shop: http://www.janinealtman.com

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Artist:Moira Robinson

Email:moirahalffullglass@gmail.com

Title:Beautiful Day

Description: The Day Lily is so named because its flowers emerge, expand, and fade in a single day.

These 6 lily flowers express life, from birth to withering, of any living thing. Each stage has its own special beauty: the buds fat with promise; the glory of the open flower, the delicacy of curled tissue-like petals.

Contact: The artist

Details: Torch formed Bullseye glass, mounted on board

Price: £75

Photo Credit: Moira Robinson

Dimension: 26cm x 6cm x 4cm

Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MoirasStudioMakery

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Artist:Hannah Gibson

Email:Hannah@HannahGibsonGlass.co.uk

Title:Recycling Narratives, Cohesion

Description: Recycling Narratives, Cohesion
Family

The Cycle of Life.
Bringing together a shattered and broken past, these pieces illustrate the human need to create something cohesive and calming out of disorder and chaos.
Cast from recycled car windscreen glass,
Cohesion allows us to reflect on our own journey.

Contact: Hannah Gibson

Details: Made from recycled car windscreens

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Alick Cotterill

Dimension: 41cm tall, 27cm tall, 9cm tall and 4cm tall

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Artist:Elaine Rettger

Email:remeltglass@gmail.com

Title:Rainbow leaves

Description: This piece is a study of possibilities with glass pate de verre. A leaf mold was created from a live specimen. Each glass leaf was individually cast with glass powder. Seventeen separate kiln firings were necessary to complete the final design.

Contact: Elaine Rettger

Details: Pate de verre

Price: $1500.00 USD

Photo Credit: Elaine Rettger

Dimension: 72 cm wide x 15 cm tall x 4 cm thick

Shop: https://remeltglass.com

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Artist:Michelle Ryan

Email:iammichelleryan@gmail.com

Title:Cri?och, Tu?s (End, Beginning)

Description: A broken egg shell as a metaphor for ends and beginnings. A reflection on our broken ecology and a hope for its renewal.

Contact: Michelle Ryan

Details: Pate de Verre

Price: 390

Photo Credit: Roland Paschoff

Dimension: 15cm W & H for biggest piece

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Artist:Elena Fleury-Rojo

Email:redflowerglass@hotmail.com

Title:Message in a Bottle

Description: Scientific glassworking is now an endangered craft in Britain and by incorporating these techniques into this body of work a parallel is drawn between the devastation of coral reefs (coral bleaching) and the loss of scientific glass blowing. Both are being eroded by time and the collection allows for a contemplation upon this, as well as a hope to raise awareness to these issues.

Contact: Elena Fleury-Rojo

Details: Flamework and Scientific Glass Blowing Techniques

Price: £3,500

Photo Credit: Sophie Booth Photography

Dimension: 23.5 x 47.5cm x 10cm

Shop: https://redflowerglass.co.uk

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Artist:Suzy Hannabuss

Email: suzy@glassartuk.com

Title:Beneath the Surface

Description: This large bead is made using the Mokume Gane technique. There are several layers of glass. The base is black, with a layer of Lumiere Luster and then many layers of enamels are added. I then carve my design into the bead to show the layers and the sparkling interior. The top layers are pink, blue and green. With the carving you see the sparkly silver leaf below.

Contact: https://suzyhannabuss.etsy.com

Price: £50

Dimension: 44mm

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Artist:Laura Dutton

Email:duttonlaura@hotmail.com

Title:Buddy, aka Pink Pleurotus

Description: Buddy is a small and beautifully delicate cast glass sculpture made from homegrown pink Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus) and a common Earthball fungus (scleroderma citrinum) It is cast using subtle and gorgeous pink shades of glass and captures the wonder of budding natural forms.

Contact: Laura Dutton

Details: Cast glass sculpture

Price: £265

Dimension: 9cm x 8cm x 8cm

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Artist:Mariana Sabbatella

Email:msabbatella@abc.gob.ar

Title:Four autumn leaves

Description: Laminated casting bullseye glass. Digital image transfer on glass experimental method.

Contact: IG @marianasabbatella msabbatella@abc.gob.ar mariansabbatella@gmail.com

Details: Laminated bullseye glass

Photo Credit: @martinsabbatellabascal Martin Sabbatella

Dimension: 15 x 20 x 2,5 cm

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Artist:Robin Hoerth

Email:robinahoerth@gmail.com

Title:Dawn to Dusk

Details: flameworked and cast glass

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Artist:Tami Rauch Glass Creations

Email:tamirglasscreations@gmail.com

Title:Sunset in Paradise

Description: Sunset in Paradise is a vibrant and dynamic fused glass sculpture. By harnessing the transformative power of heat, through meticulous layering of powders, and custom slumping techniques, I was able to create a work that speaks to the beauty of the natural world. Like the phoenix reborn from the flame, this glass bird was reborn in its new form and color from the kiln.

Contact: Tami Rauch

Details: Fused Bullseye Frit Powders on 4mm Tekta

Price: $500

Photo Credit: Tami Rauch

Dimension: Bird: 18 x 30cm; Stand: 10 x 15 x 20cm

Shop: https://WWW.TRGLCR.COM

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Artist:Una Galbraith

Email:unagalbraith.glass@outlook.com

Title:Asphodel II

Description: This vessel was inspired by the plant bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) that have star-like flowers in a bright yellow with vibrant orange accents.

In Greek mythology, asphodel was a symbol of the underworld and mourning while in Scottish folklore, it was thought that livestock grazing on this plant developed brittle bones. But it was the calcium poor pasture that was the true culprit.

Contact: Una Galbraith

Details: Kiln-formed glass

Price: £125

Dimension: Diameter 12 cm ; Height 11 cm

Shop: https://www.unagalbraithglass.co.uk/products/asphodel-ii

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Artist:Teresa Chlapowski

Email:aquarelledesign@chlapowski.plus.com

Title:View From My Window

Description: Two interlocking free-standing panels, showing a view from my window. As the seasons change, our trees transform from saturated green forms to becoming a lattice of sculptural bare branches. Each year it's a different view, with the weather conditions changing, the sunsets blazing or the birds nesting in their branches. The seasonal circle of nature.

Contact: 07900215417

Details: Fused & slumped glass, silver, aluminium, copper leaf and wires

Price: £495 (excl del)

Photo Credit: Teresa Chlapowski

Dimension: @ 36 x 33 cm

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Artist:Luisa Carmen Martin Lopez

Email:lcmartinlopez@gmail.com

Title:Immortality

Description: Trying to keep alive forever the magic of a nature cycle is very tempting. Wonderful glass comes to help materialize that dream.

Contact: Luisa Carmen Martin Lopez

Details: Printed, fused and slumped Spectrum 96 glass

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Luisa Carmen Martin Lopez

Dimension: 7x20, 6.5x15, 7x20 cm

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Artist:Tony Ovenell

Email:tony.ovenell@hotmail.co.uk

Title:Lion

Description: Copper foiled panel made from two amber tones, silver stained and painted

Contact: 07956 172 414

Details: Painted Glass Panel

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Tony Ovenell

Dimension: 32cm by 32cm

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Artist:Jane Vincent

Email:janevincentglass@btinternet.com

Title:Museum Exhibit

Description: Labelled exhibits of shell fossils set out in flat cases in Torquay Museum inspired the drawings on this piece of coloured leaded stained glass.

Contact: Jane Vincent

Details: Painted Leaded Stained Glass

Price: £85

Photo Credit: Jane Vincent

Dimension: 8 x 12 x 0.5cm

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Artist:Brian Waugh

Email:brianwaugh@icloud.com

Title:The Bees of Life

Description: This stained glass panel titled 'The Bees of Life' was created using the traditional techniques of acid etched glass, high fired paint, enamel and silver stain.
The subject matter tries to portray the importance of bees, their amazing contribution to so many flora and fauna and their place in the natural world.

Contact: 07977115915

Details: Stained glass panel

Price: £4200

Photo Credit: Ian Marshall

Dimension: 410mm x 600mm

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Artist:Julia Hayward

Email:ju_hayward@hotmail.com

Title:Snake Fruit

Description: One of a series of core cast houses exploring the human condition from birth to death

Contact: Julia Hayward

Details: Bullseye Core Cast

Price: TBA

Photo Credit: Julia Hayward

Dimension: 7cm x 6cm x 6cm

Shop: @juliahaywardglass on instagram

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Artist:Oriel Hicks

Email:oriel@taterdu.plus.com

Title:Puffin

Description: Inspired by the marine life and seabirds over the winter, I have made various small leaded light panels over the winter, but this is my favourite. It is set in a deep, freestanding wood frame for displaying on a window sill, or could be bought without frame to go directly into aperture.

Contact: Oriel Hicks

Details: Leaded light panel

Price: £350 framed £300 unframed

Photo Credit: Oriel Hicks

Dimension: 30 x 20cm unframed 36 x 26 framed

Shop: https://www.phoenixstainedglass.co.uk

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Artist:Steven Graham

Email:steven@in-glass.uk

Title:The Blossom and the Bee

Description: Inspired by my workshop teaching in schools, the panel is a metaphor for the cycle of education and the waning of fashions; the full spring cherry blossom flower turning, petals blowing in the wind, the autumn leaves and the fresh buds. The attentive bee represents the teacher, working valiantly to keep interest, rekindle growth, and inspire the next generation of glass artist.

Contact: steven@in-glass.uk

Details: Traditionally high fire painted and stained leaded panel, with fused glass details

Price: 1600

Photo Credit: Steven Graham

Dimension: 700 x 600 mm

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Artist:Karina Del Savio

Email:delsaviok@gmail.com

Title:Velvet

Description: Other Worlds forms part of the series entitled “Something else exists”,

Contact: @kdelsavio

Details: Kiln Cast Glass

Price: 1000

Photo Credit: Florencia Downes

Dimension: L 11,81 x H 33x w 12

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Artist:Katherine Stephenson

Email:info@hopevalleyglassart.co.uk

Title:Microscopic Marine Life

Description: A microscopic view, in fused glass, of organisms that underpin the vast nature of the ocean’s life cycles

Contact: Hope Valley Glass Art

Details: Fused glass circle on oak base

Price: £225

Dimension: 30cm circle

Shop: https://www.hopevalleyglassart.co.uk/

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Artist:Keith Dymond

Email:Keithdymond@aol.com

Title:Crushed and boiled

Description: Using a graduated colour mix the pestle transforms from clear to red hot and boiling red in the crater of the mortar representing the man-made process of mineral extraction, crushing of frit to fusion,

Contact: Keith Dymond https

Details: Patte de vere thin wall method.

Price: £280

Photo Credit: Tom Dymond

Dimension: Nominal 18 cm dia 17cm deep l

Shop: //https@oldroarglass.co.uk

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Artist:Jennifer Anne Kelly

Email:jenniferkelly@rogers.com

Title:Generations

Description: The circle of life is a recurring theme in my work. "Generations" is a good example of this interest. I work with glass powders and carving tools to create mushrooms, lichen, bark, leaves and more without the use of moulds. I rely on heat and gravity in the kiln to create shapes that mirror the life cycle of the forest floor. I leave the real forest floor in place and rely on imagination to create

Contact: Jennifer Kelly

Details: all glass with copper trim on box

Photo Credit: Jasmin Mori

Dimension: 30.48x15.24x23

Shop: https://www.jenniferannekelly.com

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Artist:Emma Mayle

Email:emma@stoppedclockglass.com

Title:Nest bowl in green

Description: With added tactile details encircling the design, this green bowl features botanical imprints of real plants collected from the Nottinghamshire woodlands.

Contact: Emma Mayle

Details: A glass bowl made from clear and translucent green glass incorporating wild flora.

Price: £98

Photo Credit: Emma Mayle

Dimension: 17cm diameter

Shop: https://stoppedclockglass.com/shop

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Artist:Ruth Shelley

Email:ruth@ruthshelley.co.uk

Title:Life of a Bellflower

Description: Recyclyed rims of drop out vessels in an imaginative way! Can double up as a flower vase!

Contact: Ruth Shelley

Details: Kiln Fored glass

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Ruth Shelley

Dimension: 30cms wide x 16cms high

Shop: www.ruthshelley.co.uk

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Artist:SARAH WILKINSON

Email:itsarahw@gmail.com

Title:Let's Go Bananas!

Description: Let's go Bananas! is a fused glass sculpture of 7 individually fused glass bananas.
Bananas have 9 to 12 month life cycle from banana flower to fruit. Known for their health benefits, bananas are an excellent source of essential vitamins, fiber and minerals and help contribute to the human life cycle.

Contact: SARAH WILKINSON

Details: Bullseye Fused Glass and Enamel Paint

Price: £200.00

Photo Credit: SARAH WILKINSON

Dimension: 36mm x 20mm x 6mm

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Urban Living 2
Frozen in Time
Beauties and Nature III
Ice Formation
Darwin's moths, still evolving
Rockpool
Nelris
Shoal
Cycles
Seahorses
wintersun
Mary
Meadow Hare
Dartmoor Rainforest
Life
Beautiful Day
Recycling Narratives, Cohesion
Rainbow leaves
Cri?och, Tu?s (End, Beginning)
Message in a Bottle
Beneath the Surface
Buddy, aka Pink Pleurotus
Four autumn leaves
Dawn to Dusk
Sunset in Paradise
Asphodel II
View From My Window
Immortality
Lion
Museum Exhibit
The Bees of Life
Snake Fruit
Puffin
The Blossom and the Bee
Velvet
Microscopic Marine Life
Crushed and boiled
Generations
Nest bowl in green
Life of a Bellflower
Let's Go Bananas!

Artist:Cornelia Tersanszki

Email:cornelia_tersanszki@yahoo.com

Title:Urban Living 2

Contact: Cornelia Tersanszki

Details: Reversed glass painting

Price: 1800 GBP

Photo Credit: Cornelia Tersanszki

Dimension: 40 x 60 cm

Shop: https://www.corneliatersanszki.com/

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Artist:Tali Grinshpan

Email:taligd@gmail.com

Title:Frozen in Time

Description: The ever-changing life of the land inspires me. As an immigrant, I search for connection between the land and my internal landscape of memory. I explore the concept of identity, striving to create intimate spaces that speak of our emotional existence and life’s ephemeral journey, telling a story of fragility and strength, vulnerability, and resilience.

Contact: Tali Grinshpan

Details: Glass, Botanicals

Price: $9500

Photo Credit: Keay Edwards

Dimension: 127H x 127W x 5D cm

Shop: https://www.taligrinshpan.com

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Artist:Jianyong Guo

Email:gjy36900@163.com

Title:Beauties and Nature III

Description: This group of works is created using the methods of blowing, inside hollowing out and inside oil painting. The works reflect the traditional Chinese Taoist philosophy of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. The trajectory of life is also a process of reincarnation. The work illustrates this view through both the glass sculptural form and the inside painting.

Contact: 07759964583

Details: Blowing glass, inside painting

Price: 3000

Photo Credit: Jianyong Guo

Dimension: 40x60x20cm

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Artist:Clare Hepworth-Wain

Email:chwain222@gmail.com

Title:Ice Formation

Description: Cycles of Life:
Some research suggests life might have emerged in primordial glaciers.
As it moves through the water cycle, water changes from a liquid to a solid (ice).
Process:
This sculpture was made using float (old window) glass, that I stacked, fused and slumped in a handmade mould. Working with scrap glass extends its life and purpose.

Details: Fused Glass Sculpture

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Clare Hepworth-Wain

Dimension: 12cm long x 7cm high x 7cm depth

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Artist:Lynda Addison

Email:lyndaaddison@hotmail.com

Title:Darwin's moths, still evolving

Description: Semi abstract illustrations of Darwin's theories of evolution in moths, showing the change from light colours for trees in pre-industrial times, through dark colours to hide on sooty trees, to the lightening that is happening as pollution improves.

Contact: www.studioe

Details: Fused glass.

Price: sold

Photo Credit: Johnny Korkman

Dimension: 60x50 cms

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Artist:Lisa Coles

Email:lisa.coles@wyevalleyartist.co.uk

Title:Rockpool

Description: The circular form and subject of this fused glass rockpool encapsulates the theme of "Cycles of Life" by symbolising the intricate dynamics within ecosystems. Subject to tidal cycles, it represents themes of coexistence, adaptation and regeneration through changing circumstances.

Contact: 07738297737

Details: Kiln Formed Glass

Price: £140

Photo Credit: Lisa Coles

Dimension: 20 cm x 20 cm

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Artist:MeFio

Email:zuzcho@gmail.com

Title:Nelris

Description: Nelris' glass sculpture features a composition of ascending shards emanating from a clear base, creating a dynamic skyline of blue, gold, copper, and silver hues. The sculpture's surface reflects a visible color spectrum that subtly shifts with changing angles, adding to its visual intrigue. The sharpness of the shards contributes to the artwork's exploration of fragility, prompting contemplation

Contact: zuzana chandler

Details: Polychroma on Glass

Price: 3000

Photo Credit: mefio

Dimension: 600 x 120 x 80 mm

Shop: https://www.mefio.art

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Artist:Rachel Mary Elliott

Email:glass@rachel-elliott.com

Title:Shoal

Description: This grouping has a silent dialogue between the nautilus structures, their hollow chambers echoing an unknown relationship allowing the viewer to draw close and bring their own imaginings. The stoic discourse aims to visualise the moment of tension between isolation, containment and distancing with the recent varying reasons for feeling so.

Photo Credit: Shannon Tofts

Dimension: 17 (H) x 35 (W) x 8 (D) cms

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Artist:Emma Butler-Cole Aiken

Email:ebcaglass@yahoo.co.uk

Title:Cycles

Description: This panel is one of a series inspired by Celtic designs which speak of the connectedness of all things. This design turns in on itself in an almost fractal way.

Contact: Emma Butler-Cole Aiken

Details: Etched, painted, stained and leaded glass panel

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: E Butler-Cole Aiken

Dimension: Approx 50cm wide

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Artist:Lynn Purcell

Email:lynn@thecornmill.plus.com

Title:Seahorses

Description: Each seahorse was made using a mixture of clear crushed glass and 15 different coloured glass frits and powders which were laid onto the kiln shelf. The perforated structure is designed to convey the skeletal form and often translucent nature of the seahorse. Numerous experiments were done to achieve the desired size and shape of the ‘holes’ before the final three were created and kiln fired.

Contact: Lynn Purcell

Details: These glass seahorses are designed to be wall mounted with a stand off being used as the eyes which are of variable diameters and depths so they hang 2-4cms away from the wall.

Price: £395

Photo Credit: Lynn Purcell

Dimension: Overall Wall Size: 80(H) x 60(W) x 4(D) cm Individual sizes of sculptures: Large: 40(H)x18(W)x4(D) cm Medium: 33(H)x16(W)x3.5(D) cm Small: 29(H) x15(W)x3(D) cm

Shop: https://cgs.org.uk

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Artist:Anna Eggert

Email:anna.eggert@telia.com

Title:wintersun

Description: Without the sun - no cycles of life .
With winter-solstice the sun returns to a frozen world and life returns

Reused windowglass, chippedglasstechnique and glasspainting with ironwork

Contact: Anna Eggert

Details: Reused windowglass, chippedglasstechnique and glasspainting with iron

Price: 430 € shipping is added

Photo Credit: Anna Eggert

Dimension: 20 cm x 28 cm

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Artist:Morag Reekie

Email:reekie39@googlemail.com

Title:Mary

Description: Mary is one of my 'Creatures Of The Mind', looking forward to the spring Time sunshine.

Contact: reekie39@googlemail.com

Details: Cast Glass

Price: £45

Photo Credit: Morag Reekie

Dimension: H6cm,W5cm, D4cm

Shop: www.moragreekie.com

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Artist:Nancy Sutcliffe

Email:nancy@nancysutcliffe.co.uk

Title:Meadow Hare

Description: Contemplating nature helps us reflect on the interconnectedness of all living things. Hares are often associated with fertility, transformation, rebirth and the rhythm of life on earth. The pure golden ear is symbolic of the precious value of the natural world.

Contact: Nancy

Details: Engraved and gilded (24ct) optical glass in giftbox. Choice of stand.

Price: £650 including UK p&p

Photo Credit: Nancy Sutcliffe

Dimension: 20x15x2.5cms

Shop: nancysutcliffe.co.uk/shop

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Artist:Laura Kriefman

Email:Laura@helliontrace.com

Title:Dartmoor Rainforest

Description: Lustleigh Woods which is a section of Temperate Rain Forest. I was totally mesmerised by the layers of foliage and trees, bogs and ferns and knew I needed to capture it in glass. This piece was conceived as a 'diorama'- with 4 layers pulling you deeper in the forest and enabling you to feel the lushness and depth of greenery and lush wonder that our temperate rainforest contain.

Contact: Laura Kriefman

Details: This piece is copper foiled, with glass painting. It uses a mix of discontinued glass.

Price: £3,000

Photo Credit: Laura Kriefman

Dimension: 46cm H x 31 cm W x 41 cm D

Shop: https://lfkaleidoscope.myshopify.com/

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Artist:Janine Altman

Email:janine.altman@gmail.com

Title:Life

Description: Biology and psychology approach the life cycle of human in a different but complementary way, the phases we go through that define how we behave, how we perceive reality and what our needs are. The artwork “LIFE” is composed of three plants that symbolize some of these stages, childhood, adulthood and old age.

Contact: Janine Altman

Details: Flameworking and Fusing techniques, with bullseye, borosilicate and recycled glass

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Janine Altman

Dimension: 12 x 15 x 15 cm (each piece approximately)

Shop: http://www.janinealtman.com

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Artist:Moira Robinson

Email:moirahalffullglass@gmail.com

Title:Beautiful Day

Description: The Day Lily is so named because its flowers emerge, expand, and fade in a single day.

These 6 lily flowers express life, from birth to withering, of any living thing. Each stage has its own special beauty: the buds fat with promise; the glory of the open flower, the delicacy of curled tissue-like petals.

Contact: The artist

Details: Torch formed Bullseye glass, mounted on board

Price: £75

Photo Credit: Moira Robinson

Dimension: 26cm x 6cm x 4cm

Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MoirasStudioMakery

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Artist:Hannah Gibson

Email:Hannah@HannahGibsonGlass.co.uk

Title:Recycling Narratives, Cohesion

Description: Recycling Narratives, Cohesion
Family

The Cycle of Life.
Bringing together a shattered and broken past, these pieces illustrate the human need to create something cohesive and calming out of disorder and chaos.
Cast from recycled car windscreen glass,
Cohesion allows us to reflect on our own journey.

Contact: Hannah Gibson

Details: Made from recycled car windscreens

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Alick Cotterill

Dimension: 41cm tall, 27cm tall, 9cm tall and 4cm tall

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Artist:Elaine Rettger

Email:remeltglass@gmail.com

Title:Rainbow leaves

Description: This piece is a study of possibilities with glass pate de verre. A leaf mold was created from a live specimen. Each glass leaf was individually cast with glass powder. Seventeen separate kiln firings were necessary to complete the final design.

Contact: Elaine Rettger

Details: Pate de verre

Price: $1500.00 USD

Photo Credit: Elaine Rettger

Dimension: 72 cm wide x 15 cm tall x 4 cm thick

Shop: https://remeltglass.com

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Artist:Michelle Ryan

Email:iammichelleryan@gmail.com

Title:Cri?och, Tu?s (End, Beginning)

Description: A broken egg shell as a metaphor for ends and beginnings. A reflection on our broken ecology and a hope for its renewal.

Contact: Michelle Ryan

Details: Pate de Verre

Price: 390

Photo Credit: Roland Paschoff

Dimension: 15cm W & H for biggest piece

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Artist:Elena Fleury-Rojo

Email:redflowerglass@hotmail.com

Title:Message in a Bottle

Description: Scientific glassworking is now an endangered craft in Britain and by incorporating these techniques into this body of work a parallel is drawn between the devastation of coral reefs (coral bleaching) and the loss of scientific glass blowing. Both are being eroded by time and the collection allows for a contemplation upon this, as well as a hope to raise awareness to these issues.

Contact: Elena Fleury-Rojo

Details: Flamework and Scientific Glass Blowing Techniques

Price: £3,500

Photo Credit: Sophie Booth Photography

Dimension: 23.5 x 47.5cm x 10cm

Shop: https://redflowerglass.co.uk

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Artist:Suzy Hannabuss

Email: suzy@glassartuk.com

Title:Beneath the Surface

Description: This large bead is made using the Mokume Gane technique. There are several layers of glass. The base is black, with a layer of Lumiere Luster and then many layers of enamels are added. I then carve my design into the bead to show the layers and the sparkling interior. The top layers are pink, blue and green. With the carving you see the sparkly silver leaf below.

Contact: https://suzyhannabuss.etsy.com

Price: £50

Dimension: 44mm

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Artist:Laura Dutton

Email:duttonlaura@hotmail.com

Title:Buddy, aka Pink Pleurotus

Description: Buddy is a small and beautifully delicate cast glass sculpture made from homegrown pink Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus) and a common Earthball fungus (scleroderma citrinum) It is cast using subtle and gorgeous pink shades of glass and captures the wonder of budding natural forms.

Contact: Laura Dutton

Details: Cast glass sculpture

Price: £265

Dimension: 9cm x 8cm x 8cm

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Artist:Mariana Sabbatella

Email:msabbatella@abc.gob.ar

Title:Four autumn leaves

Description: Laminated casting bullseye glass. Digital image transfer on glass experimental method.

Contact: IG @marianasabbatella msabbatella@abc.gob.ar mariansabbatella@gmail.com

Details: Laminated bullseye glass

Photo Credit: @martinsabbatellabascal Martin Sabbatella

Dimension: 15 x 20 x 2,5 cm

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Artist:Robin Hoerth

Email:robinahoerth@gmail.com

Title:Dawn to Dusk

Details: flameworked and cast glass

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Artist:Tami Rauch Glass Creations

Email:tamirglasscreations@gmail.com

Title:Sunset in Paradise

Description: Sunset in Paradise is a vibrant and dynamic fused glass sculpture. By harnessing the transformative power of heat, through meticulous layering of powders, and custom slumping techniques, I was able to create a work that speaks to the beauty of the natural world. Like the phoenix reborn from the flame, this glass bird was reborn in its new form and color from the kiln.

Contact: Tami Rauch

Details: Fused Bullseye Frit Powders on 4mm Tekta

Price: $500

Photo Credit: Tami Rauch

Dimension: Bird: 18 x 30cm; Stand: 10 x 15 x 20cm

Shop: https://WWW.TRGLCR.COM

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Artist:Una Galbraith

Email:unagalbraith.glass@outlook.com

Title:Asphodel II

Description: This vessel was inspired by the plant bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) that have star-like flowers in a bright yellow with vibrant orange accents.

In Greek mythology, asphodel was a symbol of the underworld and mourning while in Scottish folklore, it was thought that livestock grazing on this plant developed brittle bones. But it was the calcium poor pasture that was the true culprit.

Contact: Una Galbraith

Details: Kiln-formed glass

Price: £125

Dimension: Diameter 12 cm ; Height 11 cm

Shop: https://www.unagalbraithglass.co.uk/products/asphodel-ii

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Artist:Teresa Chlapowski

Email:aquarelledesign@chlapowski.plus.com

Title:View From My Window

Description: Two interlocking free-standing panels, showing a view from my window. As the seasons change, our trees transform from saturated green forms to becoming a lattice of sculptural bare branches. Each year it's a different view, with the weather conditions changing, the sunsets blazing or the birds nesting in their branches. The seasonal circle of nature.

Contact: 07900215417

Details: Fused & slumped glass, silver, aluminium, copper leaf and wires

Price: £495 (excl del)

Photo Credit: Teresa Chlapowski

Dimension: @ 36 x 33 cm

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Artist:Luisa Carmen Martin Lopez

Email:lcmartinlopez@gmail.com

Title:Immortality

Description: Trying to keep alive forever the magic of a nature cycle is very tempting. Wonderful glass comes to help materialize that dream.

Contact: Luisa Carmen Martin Lopez

Details: Printed, fused and slumped Spectrum 96 glass

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Luisa Carmen Martin Lopez

Dimension: 7x20, 6.5x15, 7x20 cm

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Artist:Tony Ovenell

Email:tony.ovenell@hotmail.co.uk

Title:Lion

Description: Copper foiled panel made from two amber tones, silver stained and painted

Contact: 07956 172 414

Details: Painted Glass Panel

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Tony Ovenell

Dimension: 32cm by 32cm

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Artist:Jane Vincent

Email:janevincentglass@btinternet.com

Title:Museum Exhibit

Description: Labelled exhibits of shell fossils set out in flat cases in Torquay Museum inspired the drawings on this piece of coloured leaded stained glass.

Contact: Jane Vincent

Details: Painted Leaded Stained Glass

Price: £85

Photo Credit: Jane Vincent

Dimension: 8 x 12 x 0.5cm

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Artist:Brian Waugh

Email:brianwaugh@icloud.com

Title:The Bees of Life

Description: This stained glass panel titled 'The Bees of Life' was created using the traditional techniques of acid etched glass, high fired paint, enamel and silver stain.
The subject matter tries to portray the importance of bees, their amazing contribution to so many flora and fauna and their place in the natural world.

Contact: 07977115915

Details: Stained glass panel

Price: £4200

Photo Credit: Ian Marshall

Dimension: 410mm x 600mm

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Artist:Julia Hayward

Email:ju_hayward@hotmail.com

Title:Snake Fruit

Description: One of a series of core cast houses exploring the human condition from birth to death

Contact: Julia Hayward

Details: Bullseye Core Cast

Price: TBA

Photo Credit: Julia Hayward

Dimension: 7cm x 6cm x 6cm

Shop: @juliahaywardglass on instagram

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Artist:Oriel Hicks

Email:oriel@taterdu.plus.com

Title:Puffin

Description: Inspired by the marine life and seabirds over the winter, I have made various small leaded light panels over the winter, but this is my favourite. It is set in a deep, freestanding wood frame for displaying on a window sill, or could be bought without frame to go directly into aperture.

Contact: Oriel Hicks

Details: Leaded light panel

Price: £350 framed £300 unframed

Photo Credit: Oriel Hicks

Dimension: 30 x 20cm unframed 36 x 26 framed

Shop: https://www.phoenixstainedglass.co.uk

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Artist:Steven Graham

Email:steven@in-glass.uk

Title:The Blossom and the Bee

Description: Inspired by my workshop teaching in schools, the panel is a metaphor for the cycle of education and the waning of fashions; the full spring cherry blossom flower turning, petals blowing in the wind, the autumn leaves and the fresh buds. The attentive bee represents the teacher, working valiantly to keep interest, rekindle growth, and inspire the next generation of glass artist.

Contact: steven@in-glass.uk

Details: Traditionally high fire painted and stained leaded panel, with fused glass details

Price: 1600

Photo Credit: Steven Graham

Dimension: 700 x 600 mm

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Artist:Karina Del Savio

Email:delsaviok@gmail.com

Title:Velvet

Description: Other Worlds forms part of the series entitled “Something else exists”,

Contact: @kdelsavio

Details: Kiln Cast Glass

Price: 1000

Photo Credit: Florencia Downes

Dimension: L 11,81 x H 33x w 12

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Artist:Katherine Stephenson

Email:info@hopevalleyglassart.co.uk

Title:Microscopic Marine Life

Description: A microscopic view, in fused glass, of organisms that underpin the vast nature of the ocean’s life cycles

Contact: Hope Valley Glass Art

Details: Fused glass circle on oak base

Price: £225

Dimension: 30cm circle

Shop: https://www.hopevalleyglassart.co.uk/

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Artist:Keith Dymond

Email:Keithdymond@aol.com

Title:Crushed and boiled

Description: Using a graduated colour mix the pestle transforms from clear to red hot and boiling red in the crater of the mortar representing the man-made process of mineral extraction, crushing of frit to fusion,

Contact: Keith Dymond https

Details: Patte de vere thin wall method.

Price: £280

Photo Credit: Tom Dymond

Dimension: Nominal 18 cm dia 17cm deep l

Shop: //https@oldroarglass.co.uk

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Artist:Jennifer Anne Kelly

Email:jenniferkelly@rogers.com

Title:Generations

Description: The circle of life is a recurring theme in my work. "Generations" is a good example of this interest. I work with glass powders and carving tools to create mushrooms, lichen, bark, leaves and more without the use of moulds. I rely on heat and gravity in the kiln to create shapes that mirror the life cycle of the forest floor. I leave the real forest floor in place and rely on imagination to create

Contact: Jennifer Kelly

Details: all glass with copper trim on box

Photo Credit: Jasmin Mori

Dimension: 30.48x15.24x23

Shop: https://www.jenniferannekelly.com

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Artist:Emma Mayle

Email:emma@stoppedclockglass.com

Title:Nest bowl in green

Description: With added tactile details encircling the design, this green bowl features botanical imprints of real plants collected from the Nottinghamshire woodlands.

Contact: Emma Mayle

Details: A glass bowl made from clear and translucent green glass incorporating wild flora.

Price: £98

Photo Credit: Emma Mayle

Dimension: 17cm diameter

Shop: https://stoppedclockglass.com/shop

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Artist:Ruth Shelley

Email:ruth@ruthshelley.co.uk

Title:Life of a Bellflower

Description: Recyclyed rims of drop out vessels in an imaginative way! Can double up as a flower vase!

Contact: Ruth Shelley

Details: Kiln Fored glass

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Ruth Shelley

Dimension: 30cms wide x 16cms high

Shop: www.ruthshelley.co.uk

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Artist:SARAH WILKINSON

Email:itsarahw@gmail.com

Title:Let's Go Bananas!

Description: Let's go Bananas! is a fused glass sculpture of 7 individually fused glass bananas.
Bananas have 9 to 12 month life cycle from banana flower to fruit. Known for their health benefits, bananas are an excellent source of essential vitamins, fiber and minerals and help contribute to the human life cycle.

Contact: SARAH WILKINSON

Details: Bullseye Fused Glass and Enamel Paint

Price: £200.00

Photo Credit: SARAH WILKINSON

Dimension: 36mm x 20mm x 6mm

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