Tara is heavily often inspired by iconic consumer items and recreates these in glass form primarily using the Tiffany method.
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I’ve mainly been making useful decorative bowls and dishes in a variety of colours utilising reactive effects in glass derived from copper, sulphur and selenium.
I recently started kiln working, fusing and slumping glass, then assembling pieces with soldered copper filigrees.
Stained glass, copper foil, commissions
Glass throwing, glass painting and glass sculpting, páte de verre, mould making, slumping, kiln casting
Recent projects include a wedding dress created from clear fine frit using various pate de verre and casting techniques, based on research into the appropriation of fairy tales by the Government as well as commercialisation to sell often unrealistic aspirations.
Other work involves casting of real flowers and CAD design and waterjet cutting images of fauna.
Recently I have majored on wildlife panels, giving equal attention to the environment as to the wildlife itself and exploring relationships within this context