Archives: Artists

Karen has just completed a residency commission for Essex County Councl “A Crowd of Memories”. This was a collaborative installation with Rhoda Webb to collect memories from residents of a care home and create a hanging installation. It also involved running several school workshops to encourage year 11 and 12 pupils to engage in discussions with their own relatives.

The work can be seen at crowdofmemories.com

Kate’s glass commissions reflect her growing reputation and are situated in public buildings across Scotland. Highlights include the Patrick Geddes Memorial Panel for Edinburgh City Council headquarters and two windows for the Dunbeath Heritage centre. She has produced several school commissions including a memorial window in Loretto chapel, an internal panel at Merchiston Castle school and a panel at Dalkeith High school. Ecclesiastical windows include millennium windows at Longniddry and Dalbeattie churches and two windows in the Chapel of San Nazzario in Italy. In 2010 she reached a shortlist of three glass artists selected from the British Society of Master Glass Painters invited to design and make a stained-glass window to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee for Southwark Cathedral in London.
She has also gained recognition and rewards for her painted work. She won the Cuthbert New Young Artist Award at the Royal Glasgow Institute annual exhibition and the Turcan Connell Award at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour annual exhibition.
She is an elected Associate Member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, a Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists and is an active member of the Scottish Glass Society, holding the post of Vice Chair in 2012 and Chair from 2013 to 2016.

My work is mostly kiln formed, although I have been experimenting with painting and enamelling, silk screen printing and glass casting. I am also interested in the pattern and texture of different textiles and this is often reflected in my glass designs. Some of my work was recently exhibited at Nucleus Art Cafe in Chatham, Kent.

Working on clear and colour overlaid glass, blown to my design by Potter Morgan, engraving glass no longer needs to be traditional in style or content. Recent solo shows: Scottish Gallery Edinburgh 2014, Galerie Helene Poree, Paris 2009 & 2012. ‘Collect’ (with the Scottish Gallery) 2009,2010,2011, TEFAF, Treasure House and PAD with Adrian Sassoon over the last 20 years . Coburger Glaspreis (2006, hon mention prize, exhibited 2014 &2022). Public collections: V&A, Corning USA, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, National Museums of Scotland (see website for full list). Regularly teaches short courses at West Dean Chichester, BildWerk Frauenau, Corning Studio and the Escuela at La Granja in Spain. Awarded MBE for services to glass engraving in 2009. Founded the Glass Engraving Network 2013. Selected for almost every British Glass Biennale, including 2024. Teaching at Corning in June 2025.

This year will see my first solo exhibition of fused glass works, exploring the subject of visibility both in the landscape and in human existence. It will run from October 9th at Salthouse Gallery in St Ives, Cornwall.