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I have Graduated form PCAD in the summer of 2008 from a BA (Hons) degree in Applied Art. I decided to specialise in glass in my second year and have loved it ever since.
Since 2002 I have been sculpting glass at my glassworks & gallery on the Isle of Wight. I take great pleasure in making pieces that surprise the eye and evoke positive feelings in the viewer. I also specialise in making awards and welcome commissions.
Although I have been using Glass as my main medium for over forty years I studied Fine Art originally, and this still colours my work. I see myself as a constructivist primarily, combining different types and forms of glass with metals, both cast and fabricated. Kiln forming allows me to stage my form building, and my decision-making along the life of the progression from idea to object. In terms of imagery and intent I feel closer to the English Painting tradition than to more mainstream glass art products. Artists like Graham Sutherland, and Peter Lanyon react with the landscape in a way that I identify with. In so far as I understand my own motives, I try to produce objects that grow from observations and artefacts and which fuse (literally ! ) into a new, personal, complex, decorative unity.
Specialising in comtempoary waterjet work for clients ranging from architectural, site specific, gallery nstallations and domestic situations.
Retired art librarian and author who collects art including all types of glass.