The work
Stained Glass
My initial interest started with stained glass and I always admired the stained glass panels found in many European Churches that I have seen in my travels around European Capitals. When I moved to Edinburgh to work as a lecturer in Edinburgh Art College I was again inspired by the many wonderful examples I found in houses of all types in and around the city where I lived. After taking some courses in basic techniques at Edinburgh Stained Glass House I developed various styles using both 'leaded' and copper foiling treatments.
I like to incorporate found objects, pressed flowers and vegetables, shells, precious metals and fused glass into some of the panels and also have developed my painting techniques using traditional stained glass artists paints and stains which are fired onto the surface of the glass making them permanent.
All pieces are handmade, unique and are never repeated and are all individually signed and dated.
Fused Glass
Fused Glass is the art of melting glass together, there are many ways of achieving unusual effects and sometimes it can be unpredictable as to what happens but this is what makes it exciting.
Sometimes I use found objects such as driftwood and combine them with fused glass to create pieces such as the sea hangings which gives me a great excuse to hang about the lovely beaches of Fife and various parts of Scotland, collecting driftwood etc. I have also begun using photographic images in my work using a ceramic printing process which enables the images to be fired into the glass permanently.
All pieces are handmade, unique and are never repeated, the free standing pieces individually signed and dated but the sea hanging pieces are not.
Slumped Glass
Slumping (something I sometimes do after a hard day in the glass workshop!)
Slumping heats the glass to a temperature where it softens enough to slump into or over moulds, which are specially created myself. Plain and fused glass are used in this process and can produce inspirational and unique pieces of glass art.
I have recently also begun using photographic images in my slumped pieces using the ceramic print method to fire these elements onto the glass.
All pieces are unique, handmade and never repeated and are all individually signed and dated.
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