Jenia designs and makes a range of unique items for the home – both functional and purely decorative – using fused glass. She also makes silver and glass jewellery. Additionally, Jenia takes on commission work developed individually to customers’ requirements.
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Usually a single coloured, thick (12-25mm) cast stained glass slab, which is then carved into using grinders. They can be large installed windows, or smaller hanging panels,
As the engraved coloured glass becomes thinner the colour lightens, and the sculptural relief of the surface brings a subtle changes to the motif depending on the viewers direction. My designs are sometimes figurative, sometimes more abstract, but I am happy to work with designs by other people.
I have been fascinated by space, stars and planets from childhood, and this interest is reflected in my ‘Planets Series’. I am liberal and unashamed in my use of artisitc licence – but nonetheless I do try to model my work on what is really out there.
Fusing Ideas relocated to a larger studio in Bishop’s Castle, in the heart of the Shropshire Hills, in Autumn 2022, Jill’s been dreaming of this for a while now, so it’s very exciting.
A small display of Jill’s glass will front the space with more room for developing her own designs and a wider range of workshops.
Jill is a member of both Worcestershire and Shropshire Guilds of Contemporary Craft and exhibits with the guilds and at Art Fairs in and around the West Midlands.
Encouraged by courses with Sue Woolhouse and Effie Burns at the 36 Lime Street Studios I now enjoy fusing, slumping, sand blasting and lost wax casting. I produce decorative pictures, jewellery and functional items