Fused glass panel on oak stand

Panel 30 × 40 cm plus stand

This piece was inspired by a large site specific painted hanging I had created (see “D page). I wanted to see how the scene, a response to a view observed high above the coast in Kent, would translate into a glass panel.

Fused glass panel on oak stand

30 × 40 cm plus stand

In W B Yeat’s poem ‘The Song Of Wandering Aengus’ , the eponymous hero ties a berry to a thread, drops it in a woodland stream, and catches a little silver trout. What happens next dramatically and irrevocably changes the course of his life. This scene imagines the calm and tranquil beauty of the place just before Aengus’ action shattered his peace for ever.

Kiln fused glass panel with gold mica inclusions

Panel 30 x 30 cm on oak stand

Gold dichroic glass used on the tree trunk and in the foliage glows subtly in daylight, but visually leaps to the fore when artificial light bounces off the surface.

Fused glass panel on oak stand

Panel 31 × 40.5 cm

The last leaves cling to the trees as winter approaches. But on the ground, the carpet of reds, russets and golds signals the inevitable.

30 X 30 cm fused glass panel on oak stand

Fused glass panel on oak stand

glass 20cm x 20cm

Kiln fused glass panel 20cm x 10cm

This piece is slightly curved, enabling it to stand without the need for a plinth

Kiln fused glass 20 x 10 cm

This piece is slightly curved, enabling it to stand without the need for a plinth

Kiln fused glass 2015

Kiln fused glass 2015

Kiln fused glass 2016

37cm x 17cm

Kiln fused glass panel with copper and gold flake inclusions, mounted on a narrow oak plinth. This is the central piece of the ‘Winter Wonderland’ series.