The beauty and strength of the weather is my starting point. Although I now live in landlocked Hertfordshire I can listen to the shipping forecast and contrast the warmth and safety of being indoors with the elements raging outside in far-flung places.

Worries about the environmental impact of Read More...

The beauty and strength of the weather is my starting point. Although I now live in landlocked Hertfordshire I can listen to the shipping forecast and contrast the warmth and safety of being indoors with the elements raging outside in far-flung places.

Worries about the environmental impact of our lives have led me to develop work which reflects the conflict between lifestyle and climate events.

The contradiction of working with an energy-hungry material such as glass creates a tension in the work as it is at odds with the environmental message being portrayed. To some extent this paradox is offset by working with sources of recycled glass in various forms.

Waste glass from a glass blowing studio used for free standing glass objects. Glass reclaimed from old computers and TV sets by Nulife Glass used in wall hung panels.

Sorting, washing and preparing the glass is a significant part of my practice. The repetitive and meditative nature of this stage provides space for me to contemplate the forms of the glass pieces and the relationships between them.