Member’s Spotlight

I live and work rurally in North Wales and my immediate environment provides my inspiration. Natural structures such as algae, lichen, moss, grasses, ferns, and fungi. I am interested in the complexity of life- how within each organism are other organisms, each living its own unique existence, layer upon layer of complexity yet a universal oneness, the feeling that we are all the same thing- a system, in communion, a beautiful symphony. Other inspirations are- light, the magical atmosphere it can create in the landscape but also the way it interacts with my work and its surfaces - shadows, reflections, the qualities of matt and shiny. I am also interested and influenced by the cataloguing of nature- natural history artifacts, early cyanotypes, x-rays, microscopic images and botanical drawings. I play with ideas of magical realism- creating my own forms inspired by or combining different plants and organisms. I like to combine glass techniques- cast, pate de verre, kilnformed, painted, etched and also found natural materials in my work. I am presently experimenting with porcelain and combining this with glass in various ways.