My work is an assemblage of individual materials making a display of hangings and sculptural forms which involve the use of flat panels and imagery inspired from my exploration of symbolism and nature. I use metals and specialist processes which I have developed in casting to produce sculpture which retain the qualities of the glass and ghosting within the seams of the glass.
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My 40 year old collection concentrates on
- Modern art / studio glass with some engraved works and vessels
- Maker artists but with some factory pieces
- British artists with some by overseas artists
.. I commission work regularly with my most major commission being for the 2018 Wimbledon Tournament Artist, which was made by Nancy Sutcliffe and Katherine Huskie.
The combination of studio practice and philosophical research for developing recent ideas has pushed me to explore the relationships we share with our physical realities and the ability of objects to evoke emotional responses from those who experience them. Through the use of kiln cast glass and found objects, my recent works have been focussed on exposing the interwoven relationship between the physical world around us and our internal minds, looking at themes of hidden narratives, memory, identity and space as an extension or reflection of oneself. My work ranges in scale from smaller experimental artefacts to larger cast glass pieces to be used within an installation setting.
I am currently working on a series of work inspired by microscopic images of plants and creatures of the land and sea. This work is created using a new glass technique of fusing intricately, lamp-worked glass cane through Pate de Verre to create delicate interpretations of the microscopic, natural, world.
Fused glass trees, flowers, seascapes, beaches, decorations, suncatchers, coasters, tealight holders, lantern panels, greetings cards and some quirky items.