My recent projects deeply relate to experimenting and finding new ways to express and re-invent myself as a curious, always renewing artist. At present I am exhibiting my art at Affordable Fair, New York, and at Paks Gallery, Vienna.
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The traveling exhibition, Harvest Fruit Gathering with Rachael Woodman and commissions kept me busy during 2022 and 2023. I am currently making a number of sculptural pieces for the summer 2024 garden exhibitions and will be showing work at Hannah Peschar Sculpture Gardens, Fresh Air, Upton Castle Gardens and Doddington Hall. In between this work, we are setting up a new, sustainable studio and working on commissions. When time permits, I enjoy making bowls.
Through the combination of unique textured, opalescent, translucent and reclaimed glass, her pieces aim to recreate the beauty of the local environment and natural forms, and recapture memories of the lake district for her customers. Or with more contemporary designs, simply allow everyone to be able to appreciate the ‘art of light through glass’ in their own homes, be that as small ornaments and hangings through to larger windows and installations. She exhibits her work in a number of local art galleries within Cumbria, at artisan trade fairs around the region and is also an active member of the Eden Valley Artistic Network, Cumbria Arts & Culture Network, and the British Society of Master Glass Painters. As well as her fell and botanical collections, Kate welcomes bespoke commissions nationally and restoration work within the North of England.
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Laura’s fascination for glass as a creative medium stems from its capacity to constantly alter her initial thoughts and expectations. The spontaneity of the hot material demands instant visual judgments that give rise to shifts in her ideas. These allow her to make tangible her explorations of volume, scale and the random interplay of forms. Serendipity and the unexpected often point the way to the next starting point for making.
Laura’s most recent works are inspired by the imagination of children. A small object held in a child’s hand can become a car, skyscraper, or even a planet. Laura’s interest in play and the inviting qualities of glass are strong motifs throughout her work. Using hot glass she is directly contradicting the fragile material in which the objects are created by inviting engagement and interaction, at the same time, exploring form, texture and the illusion of space, evoking a childlike intrigue.
I just participated in my first market selling baubles, birds and some vases to raise money for my studies, when I’m not making pieces to sell I’m studying the female form and experimenting with replicating it in glass.