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My work at present is focused on the concept that we are so genetically programmed to connect with nature that we experience satisfaction when we strip the seeds from a stem of grass. Recent exhibitions include
Glisten and Shine: Glass. Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford – Sept 2017-April 2018 Bradford Open 2019, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford Feb-May 2019 Sole Exhibition, Cliffe Caste Glasshouse, Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley, March 2019 Saltaire Festival Open Gardens and Sculpture Trail Sept 2017, 2018 & 2019

I exclusively do cold work with float glass, using various techniques of etching, engraving, bevelling, polishing, colouring and bonding. Some of these I have developped myself. Every piece is unique.

Nature, myth an magic have always been central to my work and Dragons are still my signature pieces. I am further developing pieces describing creatures from the natural word, particularly Birds, Wild Flowers and incredible aquatic creatures.
I teach classes to up to 3 students at a time.

Sandy moved to Cornwall permanently five years ago and works from her studio near Looe. She works directly with the glass responding to the light, patterns and ever-changing palette of the Cornish coastline. She enjoys working with colour, but also texture and relief formed by the layering of different glasses and various fusing techniques.
Sandy savours every aspect of glass and create freestanding and wall art together with a range of fused glass jewellery and gift items.

I am currently working on a series called Good Enough to Eat. I create lifelike cakes from glass using a wide range of techniques, casting, fusing, pate de verre, and cold working processes. I have also worked on public art projects, at the end of 2024 I worked on a project called Lood Woodrow, and created a 12m illustrative mural, a community created mosaic and worked with 600 school pupils to create glass art for display in their local community.
I am also the chair of CGS. I want to help others to develop their career in glass and find opportunities and support for new makers through CGS.

For my glass landscapes I use an amalgamation of transparent and opalescent sheet glass, hand-made rolled glass, frits (small ‘bits’) and powdered glass. I look for chemical reactions between certain colours which gives an unpredictability to the outcome. I build the artworks in layers which then have several firings followed by cold-working to remove the ‘shiny’ aspect of glass. I feel this reveals an extra depth to detail and colour, leaving a weathered texture.
Recent exhibitions:
Bath Art Fair March 2019
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair November 2019
Bath Art Fair March 2020
Secret Severn Art Fair September 2020
Open Art Exhibition – Ludlow November 2020