I am delighted to have received Arts Council funding to create new work exploring the theme of the ‘dynamic environment’. This work will extend the ‘En’Light’en’ project to address new areas including the challenging critical care environment. The first stage […]
I found in amongst the 35 Centuries of Glass Galleries these 18th Century Diorama’s. I loved the mixed media and how the animals and figurines had been created using flamework. I could see visual parallels somehow with Amber […]
Day 1&2 The Crystal City, Corning, New York Corning Museum of Glass Two days are not enough! $24 buys you a two day pass at the Corning Museum of Glass. This is plenty for most people, but for a glass […]
AN Professional Development Bursary 2018
To my right as I enter the exhibition is a large dark brown-coloured rectangular object fixed to the wall. My eye is drawn to white bow-tie shapes that float-hover-drift on a grey surface, offshore of a nasal-peninsula-chef’s head emerging from […]
The Fellowship came at a frightening time, politically. In the UK, the Brexit debacle had just happened, and in the US we were in the final months of the US Presidential election, which would deliver a victory for Donald Trump. […]
While on the Fellowship I spent a lot of time in the various thrift/charity shops in the area. The sheer waste of consumer culture was on full display in these sprawling stores, which were themselves outnumbered exponentially by the retail […]
While working with the laser, I began to consider the most commonly touched item in most people’s lives – the screen of their mobile phone. I took a deep breath and stuck my old mobile into the laser and discovered […]
I used the residency to develop new work exploring death in the digital age. The root for this work lies in a simple act: I Googled my first lover, and he wasn’t there. John died of AIDS in 1995, part […]
One of our first experiences was a tour of the collections of the Museum of American Glass with curator Kristin Qualls. This collection and its library focuses on the history of industrial glass production in the United States, with special […]
Part 1 of a reflective blog about reevaluating my practice during an A-N supported Fellowship
A studio blog for Sculptor currently studying Ceramics and Glass
Just when I thought that our research residency couldn’t of gotten any more exciting, it did! We started to make our designs with glass-blower Steve Williams in the lab and it is proven to be very re-warding for both parties. […]
The Ouseburn Open Studios weekend hosted an exhibition entitled ‘Process’ at the 36 Lime Street Gallery. This provided an exciting oppportunity to exhibit work in progress and some experimental models produced in the studio as part of the En’Light’en project. […]
In completing my Professional Development project, just a reminder that I have created a summary of the two courses I completed including lots of images, useful information and a guide to resources. Please view the workshops here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8jiN-ymPIs I hope […]
Drawings on the glass walls that enclose the theatre by G Sian titled Sanskriti Graffiti
Blog 13 Well this is the last blog for the Professional Development bursary, It has been such a privilege to have been awarded this bursary, it has enabled me to try hot and cold enamelling , the hot I love […]
Blog 12 Sunday Higham Hall, can’t believe it the last day, today we are finishing off work , oh I forgot to say I did a small piece of silver wire work ,I finished this off this morning as well […]
Blog 11 Saturday. I could have slept on , but I am up had breakfast and in the workshop by 9 , I am experimenting with lead free enamels using wet process, powders and water colours . yes you can […]
Blog 10 Friday another sharp start but well worth it, today I am trying wet process this is where we dip the cleaned copper into we enamel dry it and then fire it, this gives a nice clean finish , […]
