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A childhood spent in Norfolk by the sea and shoreline continues to be a primary source of inspiration. I use glass to produce forms which fragment and disperse the light creating waves on a shimmering sea and can be shaped by the sounds, language and dynamics of an everyday life lived in a setting of landscape and light.

Currently undertaking Honours in Visual Art at the Australian National University

The Superposition series are a selection of free-standing glass sculptures exploring the transparent nature of fused glass when each individual layer is placed upon another. These translucent, almost unreal sculptures look like they should be as light as a feather or as sweet as sugar. The interaction with light in both the inner and outer surface is delicately beautiful, at times reflecting the colours around the piece to channelling the light through the centre.

Glass, a paradoxical material at the very basis of my research
Both transparent and opaque, fragile and Tough, stable and unstable… It is an amorphous material that could be considered a solid as much as a liquid.
My sculptures are designed to represent that flow of unstable material. They are forces in movement frozen into time and space like waves caught in the cold.
I like to give the illusion of a fixed time, a moment between what was (a shape in formation) and what will be (the imagination feeding from the blooming of the shape).

Based in South East Scotland, my work has developed from suncatchers and landscapes to work that challenges and raises awareness, often from a feminist perspective. I use the copper foil technique which allows me to include delicate lines and shapes. I draw and design everything myself. This may or may not be related to my dislike of following rules and patterns! My preferred framing material is zinc but I sometimes use lead which gives a more rustic look.

I am a stained glass tutor with Edinburgh Adult Education Department, running beginners’ evening classes in Edinburgh. This allows me to share my passion for glass with an enthusiastic group of learners, and continues to teach me about using and handling glass. I love watching people hold up their finished pieces for the first time and sharing a little of that sense of pride.

My goal is to create pieces that adorn spaces with beauty, provoke thought and inspire change.

I take much of my inspiration from the vibrancy, colour and textures of the natural world.