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In 2024 I took part in the CGS; ‘Sparkle! A spectrum of Contemporary Glass’ held at the Black Swan Arts Centre, Frome. I was selected for the International Glass Biennale held in Stourbridge and exhibited as part of the ‘Trena Cox: Reflections 100’ at Chester Cathedral.
Since 2019 I have been working on series on hidden emotions – inherited faith, traumas, transgenerational effects. The series is called Transparent lives, until 15 March, 2024 they are exhibited in the Museum of Galánta, Slovakia. Currently I am working on to show the ‘step-by-step’ healing of the traumatized person. Currently it is in a standing position and hopefully in 2024 ‘winner position’ can be glassified!
I also make jewelry 🙂
Claire is currently working on creating pieces for an upcoming specialist glass exhibition in Bristol. The New Beginnings Exhibition will be held at the Priory Gallery, Bristol, BS1 3BZ and will be running from the 25 February until the 2nd March 2023.
Her brand new jewellery range Bay Number 7 has been inspired by and evokes strong memories of a once in a lifetime holiday, sailing around the Greek Island of Ithaca.
“The colours of the sea in the bays where we moored, the ropes from long lining to the shore and the bubbles from the movement of the waves, had a huge impact on the design. ”
Bay number 7 jewellery will also available from 25th February from my website, subject to availability.
I have exhibited in Ireland and the UK and was one of the contributors to ‘The Glass Quilt’ : A Glass Society of Ireland collaborative Covid project, which was exhibited in the Venice Glass Week 2021 and is now in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Ireland.
My recent project involved finding a maker in china to demosrate my new idea is not fiction.
(dragon egg) shows my eastern influence in the form mixing western easter egg tradition.
(dragon scale gourd) is a searching for interesting forms to apply this beautiful texture.
The project BEAST reinterprets the young generations in contemporary conspicuous consumer culture through fantastic, mysterious, and heroic characters. The artist was inspired by games and movies’ characters and made ridiculous looking beasts out of goblet components and decorative stemware designs to create the chaotic, dramatic, and competitive life of consumer culture. Many young people have fantasy of wealthy life and desire to show off their possession to compete and evaluate each other in real life. In this work, transformation of goblets and stemware to body parts are the symbol of wearing wealth that represents the power and social class of society and each character reflects the image of person in fantasy of materialistic life.