‘The Spirit in the Bottle’ reflects a universal theme of an essence, relic or spirit contained in a vessel. Pitt Rivers Museum famously holds a bottle (swipe to see) said to contain a witch, who if let out will cause ‘a peck of trouble.’ Reliquaries (the foot of Mary Magdalen) carry the remains of saints, conferring miracles and blessings. Canopic jars preserve vital organs. ‘The Spirit in the Bottle’ is a fairytale from the Brothers Grimm, a European variant of the genie or

The Blashkas were father and son #glass artists from Bohemia, born in the 19th Century, making glass eyes was the initial family business. Their peerless and prolific work on plant and marine forms took place in an era when preservation methods lost much in the way of colour, form and detail. This and their skills led to commissions from collectors and museums around the world. As neither took an apprentice, many of their methods and techniques have been lost. I came across a

WIP: balancing numerous #glass elements for a cluster necklace. There’s no sunshine today so the glass doesn’t sing but it still glows.

Cluster #glass earrings of fragments, each one sculpted as a single tile, entirely in the flame. Final image: the cabinet of curiosities...

#glass and #ceramics synchronicity at @britishmuseum with kid #3 wearing one of my rings (next to early, soft-paste porcelain) and giving...

Archaist totem: a stacked sculpture of #glass elements, swipe to see it deconstructed into wearable parts. l developed my #totems to be...

Opening today at The Sentinel Gallery with @anglianarts in Wivenhoe, a lovely destination for an ‘end of summer’ week. Find a selection...

Find my #glass present glory and fragments of the past! The Suffolk Craft Society at Ickworth House.

‘The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true’, anyone else? Three #lachrymatory bottles, or tear jars. Find my #glass in the...

Find my #glass On the World Stage at Ickworth House with the Suffolk Craft Society. The fragmentary nature of remains and archeological...

Gathering, holding, recording, collecting, preserving, conserving, creating, repairing, treasuring and maintaining: #glass WIP (and a...

WIP for On the World Stage: my attempt to represent every collectible element I’ve been examining on a single (portable) #glass ring,...

Four #glass rings echoing fragments from artefacts and architecture: the opaques representing metal, terracotta and coral - the...

WIP: images from a March visit to Rome, experimenting with #glass elements and creating fragments in the flame as I put together a...

Favourite, understated, midsummer butterfly: #gatekeeper & throwback #glass earrings.

Hearts and Bones: pendant reliquaries, #forgetmenot seeds. Find my #glass for a #portableshrine with new elements with @beingwoman2025 at...

IF, like St Edward the Confessor in Southwold, you have a weakness for statement rings and confident adornment… you will find a selection...

I’m off to the seaside today, the sun is shining and the forecast is fine :) Find me and my #glass in Southwold at the Upstairs Gallery...

I found something small and gleaming, hiding from the rain. You might do something similar in the shelter of Craftco (in this variable...

Suffolk Open Studios have started! Explorers had to dodge sudden bouts of rain to get to us but we also had moments of sun and patches of...