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I design vibrantly creative jewellery and glassware,that is hand made and exhibited in Great Britain.My quirky imagination can transform a walk into an exciting adventure, full of fun and design possibilities, which I use to inspire my work. I hope they convey my delight, enthusiasm and joy in expressing the world around me. I also conceive, design,manage and execute community projects and workshops.These have included, transformed, a project for homeless people. Larksong a six months community project to commemorate the first world war.

I have been trying to push the glass to its limits and making new experiments with it since I have started working with this medium.I think of wastes as an artistic material,the presence of something residual and processes of things that happened or have been.I recycle paper to make hand made paper and then I produce hand-made glass paper which I called it “Flexible glass sheet”which is simply paper,covered by glass frits and powder. I fold my one dimensional flexible glass sheet into three dimensional forms.Ppaer which is an organic material burns (death) and from its ashes my glass forms born The use of sand as molding material is also symbolically refers to the cycle of life and re-creation, re-generation and re generation. I try to express what different materials have in common or in contrast with each other and how they react when they are back to their origin. I use glass to explain the consistency, Fragility, mortality, immortality and subtleness of human being, life and the nature.

I offer condition reports, consultancy , conservation projects, replica painting and commissions. My artwork explores 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.

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.