Member Directory
Weelainy, Elaine Forbes, is a lampworker that specializes in borosilicate glass, however also turns her hand to soft glass too. She makes a large range of bead and pendant styles, working both on and off-mandrel.
Three things you need to know about me:
- I'm obsessed with glass
- I work in an architectural context with a fine art sensibility
- I'm a perfectionist
In partnership with Jake Peggs Opus Glass Design was set up in 1996. We work to commission and take on projects of all sizes from domestic to larger public art work. Our mission as artists is to bring contemporary but accessible glass work to as many people as possible. Both partners trained in the 1970's; Celia Frank from Chelsea School of Art and Jake Peggs from the Architectural Glass course at Swansea college of Art. We have completed numerous public art works, many within health care environments. We specialize in kiln formed and fused glass which we often hand silver for wall mounting, stained glass and mixed media sculpture.
Living and working in Belgium, Liz French has been creating both stained and fused glass for almost 10 years; although only full-time since the beginning of 2012. Her work is concerned with colour, shape, form and is inspired by nature, early Modern European & Indigenous Art.
Pete is a founder member of Stourbridge Glassblowing Studio situated in the refurbished Ruskin Glass Centre. He studied at the International Glass Centre in Brierley Hill for two years until its closure in 2009. A late arrival on the glass scene, Pete's work draws on a wide range of sources including travel, landscape and abstract art.
Having just completed a BA in 3D Design where I specialised in glass, I am now enrolled on a post graduate diploma in Creative Business Development