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Casting, gluing and coldworking to produce different colour effects. Texture and surface finish.
The majority of my pieces are inspired by nature and the elements. My designs feature bold colors and whimsical patterns. Intricate soldering and wire work provide stability while enabling the maximum amount of light to shine through the facets. I reside in the USA.
In my most recent project, I wanted to draw attention to the dangers of over nitrification through agricultural runoff that is causing harmful algal blooms (HAB) in our oceans. The work referred to the organisms bioluminescence by utilizing the fluorescence of uranium glass under 500nm Ultraviolet illumination and drew attention to a little known but emergent ecological emergency.
FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass, 10.04 – 25.09, Veste Coburg and the European Museum of Modern Glass, Rödental (DE)
Recent work include Wall Art and free standing art work, with paint and glass. I make decorative and functional items, as well as Jewellery.
The culmination of my BA project has resulted in my final collection ‘Love as a Homesickness’ comprised of a blown glass goblet, cup and dish. The project is an attempt to physicalise the internal self into the external, into objects. The work considers notions of autobiography and personal life experiences as a young woman.
The glass has been made with and manipulated by bronze tools cast from my body, such as: my finger prosthetic tools, teeth tools and more abstractly, claw tools cast from the inner self. The bronze tools work as an extension of the self and are used in place of traditional glassmaking hot shop tools.
The collection is solely comprised of functional-ware this is due to a focus on the uncanny in domesticity and the everyday. Although uneasy, the objects are all fully functional. The work is a comment on the extreme burden of womanhood and its intrinsic link to ideas of the mother and motherhood, and unbefitting domesticity, often leading one to feel out of place; questioning sanity.
I particularly love the technical potential of glass and my most recent series is a range of handmade glass pictures from glass sheet, glass frits and powders demonstrating their reactions with metals. The series includes pieces in a modern / post-impressionist style as well as abstract landscapes. My art journey feels like a reaction of knowledge, experiences and chemistry with materials – much like these pictures.
My qualifications in glass and ceramics (Higher Education Certificate from University for the Creative Arts, Farnham) and Adult Education courses at Morley college and Richmond Art school have broaden my technical skills. Thanks to wonderfully supportive teachers and mentors I have taken part in live exhibitions (Leicestershire, Bristol, Torquay, London), online CGS exhibitions and craft fairs; as well as exhibiting in Ireland, London and Tacoma (USA) via collaborative exhibitions.
I am a member of the Contemporary Glass Society and Just Glass group of artists. I am also a founding member of the UK Glass Art Collective – formed of 14 UK glass artists – who will be curating exhibitions each year and regularly collaborate and share knowledge. I am a regional coordinator for CGS for the South East of England along with Gabrielle Argent.