Norris, Linda - Contemporary Glass Society

Phone:0777 3402129

Email:linda@linda-norris.com

Website:http://www.linda-norris.com

Region:Wales

Technique:Casting, Leaded and stained, Painting

Occupation:Artist, Educator, Gallery

Discipline:Architectural, Fine art, Public art

Areas of Interest:Competitions, Conferences, Education

Country:United Kingdom

County:Pembrokeshire

You can buy my work from:
http://www.linda-norris.com/
http://www.studiomelyn.com/

Social media Links:
https://www.instagram.com/lindanorrisgallery/
https://www.facebook.com/linda.norris.524
https://twitter.com/lindanorris1?lang=en

Linda Norris

An artist based in West Wales, I came to glass in 2011 from a background in landscape painting. I was drawn to the medium’s elemental, transformative nature and its capacity for both material and metaphorical expression. Without formal training, I have built my practice through masterclasses, skills exchanges, and sustained collaboration with other artists. My work has received several awards, including the Warm Glass Prize (2012). I have exhibited widely, with work selected twice for the British Glass Biennale. In 2020, I completed an MA module in Art and Archaeology at UHI Orkney, and my current practice explores how landscape can reveal traces of the past and those who came before. In 2013, I co-founded Studio Melyn with Rachel Phillips, creating contemporary architectural glass for historic settings. I joined the Contemporary Glass Society Board in 2025, committed to collaboration and supporting its future development.

My current project, Material Traces, is a creative investigation of how, as humans, we have adapted and transformed our environment using its natural resources for cultural expression, industry and development. It is inspired by the discovery of a Bronze Age burial urn on Skokholm Island in 2021. Through the lens of silica, both as glass and as glaze on ceramic, I will creatively investigate how, as humans, we have adapted and transformed our environment using its natural resources for cultural expression, industry and development. The project examines the impact of early human intervention on the landscape from the earliest detectable human traces and its continued impact today.