Having experimented with several techniques, I have found my signature style playing with paints and using sgraffito techniques. I have started my range representing animals and would love to see my work exhibited in the future.
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As well as small commissions, I offer engaging workshops for individuals of all skill levels, allowing everyone to explore the beauty and complexity of glass art. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a curious beginner, Monarth Glass is the perfect place to unleash your creativity and discover the magic of glass.
I am a member of the Made-in-Ross Art Collective based in Ross on Wye, Herefordshire.
Recent exhibitions include:
1st September – 10th September: Artists at St Catherine’s, Hoarwithy.
9th July – 2nd September 2023: The Secret Gallery, Newent.
21st – 27th August 2023: Save The Wye Exhibition, Redbrook.
17th April 2023: RiverSong, Coleford.
11th August – September 2022: Save the Wye Exhibition, Canwood Gallery, Hereford.
30th July – 27th August 2022: The Secret Gallery, Newent.
April 2022: Water’s Edge exhibition at Chepstow Priory Gallery, Chepstow.
Taking inspiration from celestial bodies and the natural world, I use colour and geometry to achieve effects that are subtle, harmonious and sometimes mysterious. My love of nature opens doors to new ideas and continued experimentation. Selected colour combinations are used in conjunction with geometry. My current work uses techniques and skills developed over many years with some pieces requiring up to 5 kiln firings.
If you can’t find that unique piece on the high street after searching, why not give Allister a call? Allister has a wealth of experience in creating pieces for a wide range of clients. He is used to working to briefs given by interior designers, film prop set directors, lighting companies and private individuals to make their wishes become reality.
Having cut and fused in the conventional manner for some time now I am venturing into the world of casting and am very excited for the adventure that awaits.
Primarily I started with metal clay, now enjoying exploring the fusing of glass and learning to build colours together and fire.
Specialising in blown glass, my practice has always explored a curiosity around memories and the events we experience throughout life. How can a memory fill us with feelings of euphoria & excitement at the same time as loneliness & sadness? The emotions we experience surely have a weighting on the creation of our memories.
The Torsion series is a technical exploration born from my time as a teaching assistant on James Maskrey’s master class at Bild-Werk Frauenau in Germany in May 2016. Whilst developing my technical abilities and skill, I found that the walls of a blown glass vessel would ripple and buckle when subjected to an imbalance of either heat or thicknesses. The works created now, seven years on, are the culmination of the technical journey to handcraft a glass cylinder without the use of moulds or formers, alongside demonstrating understanding and control of the material to encourage the specific folding of the vessel wall.
Playful & resonant works exploring the presupposition that in the process of making and in the use of material we truly encounter, relate and communicate a degree of shared experience and understanding.