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Ickworth House
Find my #glass On the World Stage at Ickworth House with the Suffolk Craft Society. The fragmentary nature of remains and archeological...
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Holding
Gathering, holding, recording, collecting, preserving, conserving, creating, repairing, treasuring and maintaining: #glass WIP (and a...
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Everything Now!
WIP for On the World Stage: my attempt to represent every collectible element I’ve been examining on a single (portable) #glass ring,...
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Fragments
Four #glass rings echoing fragments from artefacts and architecture: the opaques representing metal, terracotta and coral - the...
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WIP
WIP: images from a March visit to Rome, experimenting with #glass elements and creating fragments in the flame as I put together a...
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The Gatekeepers We Like
Favourite, understated, midsummer butterfly: #gatekeeper & throwback #glass earrings.
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Forget Me Not
Hearts and Bones: pendant reliquaries, #forgetmenot seeds. Find my #glass for a #portableshrine with new elements with @beingwoman2025 at...
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Weaknesses
IF, like St Edward the Confessor in Southwold, you have a weakness for statement rings and confident adornment… you will find a selection...
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Southwold
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...
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Summer Rain
I found something small and gleaming, hiding from the rain. You might do something similar in the shelter of Craftco (in this variable...
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SuffolkOpen Studios
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...
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Suffolk Open Studios
I have been adding flourishes to my #folktales This pairing of white and cobalt #glass is simultaneously vibrant and calm, cool in summer...
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Happy Tangents
I’ve been led astray by #blueandwhite as I prepare for @suffolkopenstudios at @craftco_southwold next week. Find this vibrant handful of...
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WIP
Sap rising and sweet-shop goodness in #glass WIP.
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Flow
Where do you get your ideas from? Everywhere… inspiration comes in two significant forms - aside from the properties of the #glass...
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Catching up
Buried Treasure #glass with silver leaf applied lavishly in the flame, the trick is not to burn it all off. There is an M R James ghost...
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River Alde
My #glass and the river Alde, the first quiet moment in the gallery was at 4pm this Sunday, so I’m catching and reflecting this lovely,...
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Untitled
‘It wasn’t supposed to be this nice’, was the most frequent remark today - weather, ‘I was kept up all night by bitterns booming’, the...
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Worlds Within
Medieval Shrine Madonna meets 17th century anatomical woodcut from an Italian manual on pregnancy and childbirth. ‘Worlds Within’ by...
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requiescat in pace
We were in Rome at the end of March and I’m still under the influence… #glass fresh from the kiln and as far from the inspiration of the...
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