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Recent projects include a collaborative exhibition of jewellery and glass sculpture inspired by the beauty of beetles and their interaction with humans.
Having originally trained as a painter, I started making ‘pictures in glass’, turning them into bowls, plates or free-standing pieces. Using fusing and slumping techniques I also create colourful sculptures which are set into stands
made of wood or wrought iron. I have also been exploring screen printing images onto the glass.
Gaynor’s latest work melds Gothic lifestyle imagery with contemporary glassware practicality. She likes to incorporate metal inclusions in to her kiln formed glass, and although the great majority of her work is with the kiln-forming of ‘flat’ glass she loves to dabble with kiln-casting, acid-etching, sand-blasting and stained glass.
Gemma’s work can be seen in high profile galleries in the North West of England and has been exhibited nationally; at the International Festival of Glass, the Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Gemma completed her BA(Hons) in Three Dimensional Design at the Manchester School of Art in 2008. Since then she has worked for and with prominent British and International Glassblowing studios and Artists, been Assistant Curator for the prominent British Glass Biennale and now runs her own glass studio in Manchester.
Are you looking for a covetable piece of art, which plays with light and changes minute-by-minute? Whether you want small-scale functional or larger-scale sculptural / architectural pieces, I can help. Working with you, I’ll create an individual work of art – bringing new sparkle into your life!
Georgina is currently developing her collection with colour application and reactions during her Artists Residency at De Monfort University.
My influences are patterns in nature, wildlife and sustainability. I am drawn to
conservation issues and the conflicts they create. Recently I have been casting ammonites and reef structures and my panels have depicted the woodlands where I live.
On the drawing board are designs referring to the decline in elephant populations which I hope to start later this year.