Fused glass with powdered frits and stringers, mounted on oak

30 × 30 cm plus stand

Evoking a golden glade bathed in the light of memory & myth, this piece draws inspiration from W B Yeats’s poem ‘The Song Of Wandering Aengus’. The layered amber and white forms suggest a dreamscape where nature and longing entwine- echoing Aengus’s eternal search through ‘hollow lands & hilly lands’ for a vision glimpsed in twilight. A celebration of ephemeral beauty held in glass and light.

Kiln fused glass wall hung panel, framed, approx. 66 x 45 cm

Kiln fused glass wall hung panel, framed, approx. 40 x 27 cm

Fused and slumped glass with silver leaf inclusions, on a painted wooden stand

Approximately 25 × 40 cm

Tiny pieces of copper bearing turquoise glass react with the silver leaf and the French Vanilla base to create a beautiful golden brown aura. The linked columns of silver leaf create a fence like interventions across the undulating surface, but spaces between allow freedom to move in and around. However the silver is inherently beautiful and invites a pause to linger and admire the surface. This piece invites consideration that interventions are neither always good nor bad, but can be either, depending on the circumstances.

Fused glass with silver leaf inclusions, mounted on painted birch ply for wall hanging

10 × 42 cm

The fungi like silver forms emerge from their pitch black surroundings, gleaming with a subtle sheen. Harmless, even edible and sustaining? or poisonous, deadly? ‘Nightshade’ invites contemplation on the perceived qualities of dark and light, of beauty and life, beauty and danger, .

40 x 40 cm kiln fused glass panel with silver leaf inclusions, mounted for wall hanging on painted birch ply

In this stylized depiction of three dandelion ‘clocks’ (3 o’clock in the afternoon), the silver leaf, lightly dusted with specks of copper bearing turquoise glass, reacts with the French Vanilla glass base. This chemical reaction appears as a beautiful haze which spreads unpredictably around the silver

40 x 60 cm kiln fused glass panel with silver leaf inclusions, mounted ready for wall hanging on 50 x 70 cm painted birch ply

Evocative of a dandelion clock, the fragile head glows in the deep black of the night. The tiny strands of glass which connect the silver to represent each little seed head are a reactive glass that visually ‘pops’ out against the shimmering black background

40 X 60 cm fused glass panel with silver leaf inclusions, mounted on painted birch ply

In this stylized depiction of a dandelion ‘clock’, the silver leaf, lightly dusted with minute pieces of copper bearing turquoise glass, reacts with the French Vanilla glass base. This chemical reaction appears as a beautiful haze which spreads in unpredictable around the silver

Kiln fused glass panel 20 x 20 cm on an oak stand

This piece features a cyan/copper dichroic glass in which the colour shifts dramatically depending on the angle of light and of view. It therefore looks very different as the light changes throughout the day, and under artificial light at night.

Interested to see how this might work on a larger scale, I have since made another piece exploring the same theme, which has become ‘Into The Light II’

Kiln fused glass panel 30 x 41cm on a heavy oak stand 37.5 x 13 x 7.5

This work references roots and shoots as they emerge into the light. It features a cyan/copper dichroic glass in which the colour shifts dramatically depending on the angle of light and of view. It therefore looks very different as the light changes throughout the day, and under artificial light at night.

Fused glass with silver leaf inclusions, mounted on painted birch ply for wall hanging

20 × 20 cm

Tiny pieces of copper bearing turquoise glass react with the silver leaf and the French Vanilla glass of the base, creating a beautiful golden brown aura around the egg/pod shaped form. The image invites contemplation on the secrets enclosed within pods, seeds, eggs, and what these contents might become when released from their protective carapace. The wonders of nature, and of life!

Fused glass with silver leaf inclusions, mounted on painted birch ply for wall hanging

25 × 28 cm

Silver leaf with small pieces of copper-bearing turquoise glass react with the French Vanilla glass base to release a beautiful golden brown, earthy aura around the meandering trails of silver. Evocative of a river delta seen from above, inviting contemplation on the possibilities of different routes taken.

An organically shaped fused glass panel, featuring both iridescent and dichroic glass elements in which the colours shift depending on the angle of light and of view, mounted for wall hanging on a painted birch ply panel 40 x 25 cm

An organically shaped fused glass panel featuring both iridescent and dichroic glass elements in which the colours shift depending on the angle of light and of view, mounted for wall hanging on a painted birch ply panel 37 x 15 cm

A fused glass panel mounted on painted birch ply. The stylized egg shape features dichroic glass, meaning that as the angle of view changes the colour shifts from gold to green to blue

A fused glass panel depicting a stylized tree laden with ‘eggs’ of various sizes and colours. Most are growing, hanging vigorous and proud among the foliage, although a few of the ‘eggs’ are gently fading into the wide blue yonder. A comment on the rhythms of life ….

The panel measures 30 x 40 cms and is presented on an oak stand

A fused glass roundel depicting stylized corn flowers, 22cm diameter and presented on an oak stand

A fused glass roundel depicting a stylized dog rose, 20cm diameter and presented on an oak stand

Fused glass panel 43 x 33 cm approximately

Kiln fused glass roundel on oak stand

28 cm diameter

Fused glass roundel, 30cm diameter

Kiln fused glass roundel on oak stand

30cm diameter

Fused glass roundel 30cm diameter, on oak stand

Kiln fused glass 30cm diameter

Kiln fused glass 30cm diameter

Kiln fused glass circular panel , diameter 30cm

Kiln fused glass panel, 20 x 20 cm

This triptych was commissioned for a special birthday present. Designed to look like a single piece broken into three, it features many dichroic elements.

Kiln fused glass, wall mounted on painted birch ply 2018

40cm x 40cm

Kiln fused glass wall mounted on painted birch ply 2018.

56cm x 72cm