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I am a stained glass artist making contemporary work using time-honoured traditional methods. As well as making windows, I adapt this primarily two-dimensional medium to create sculptural forms.
I am passionate about colour and how colours interact. I enjoy the way light brings coloured glass to life and the shadows cast by direct sunlight. I am particularly drawn to deep blues. Blue trees and branches have become my visual language for unseen connections and realities.
Recent work has been focused on using the blown glass form to fuse Western and Eastern concepts in design and meaning.
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Recent Projects:
‘Easter readings’ series of four windows for Breitenberg Church, Germany.
Chapel windows, Berkhampstead School, England.
Last solo exhibition:’FLYING FIGURES’,Victoria Art Gallery,Bath, 20 July- till 2 October 2011
The majority of my sculptural work manifests as cast glass with many of the pieces being figurative. The physical and spiritual strength of the female form informs much of my work. Often repetitive elements are introduced reflecting the numerous processes undertaken in a piece’s making from the clay original through to its final glass form, it also acts as a metaphor for many aspects of woman’s existence.
I love the challenges of working in glass, the limits of available colours, the restrictions for possible detail, the simplicity of shape to tell the story.
Taking my inspiration from nature – the wild and the calm, undiscovered corners and wide open spaces, the changing light of every day from dawn to dusk, across the seasons, in all weathers.
I studied art at Reading Art College and Islington Institute, but in 2001 was introduced to stained glass and although I continue to work using the traditional techniques, I’m constantly changing and evolving into new areas.
My work is regularly exhibited in East Anglia in exhibitions and in art galleries, plus a steady stream of commissioned work for hanging panels and windows and doors.