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Lost and Found
Cherchez la femme! Thanks to everyone who came by The Quay and helped make my week productive and special. Did you lose a lovely little...
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Quayside
A subtle manicure offsetting a bold #glass ring (a customer, not my working hands) blue skies, small clouds and an extraordinary parrot...
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Snape Maltings
Snape Maltings sits on the bank of the River Alde, surrounded by an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just six miles from Aldeburgh....
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At The Quay
With the rain easing off and full sun and blue sky returning on Saturday. ‘Cabinets of curiosities, (German: Kunstkammer and...
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Pearl Hen
Guinea fowl (pearl hen, pintade, gleany) feather drypoint etching.
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Stories
The elements I’ve been making reflect the qualities of #glass itself: delicate, ethereal, insubstantial - there and not there. After over...
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Upcoming
Opening at The Quay Gallery this Thursday - at 2pm as I only get the keys at 9am and there are many moving parts! Thereafter 10am - 5pm...
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Tideline
Tideline #glass earrings for gatherers of small things, I’m having a happy time on a rainy day assembling glass for later this week at...
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Herb Garden
creating glass cane from the colours of my herbs
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Herb Garden
Sage colour play in #glass good to see the herbs surging back despite this spring’s continuing mixed messages!
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Unintentional Terrariums
I put two of last years empty nests into candleholders on the garden table last year - they were so detailed and well-constructed. This...
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Rembrandt’s House
The magnificent #wunderkammer room at Rembrandt’s House from a few years ago. Wunderkammer’ my upcoming week at The Quay Gallery is based...
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Cabinet of Curiosities
New and past collections of my glass, inspired by nature, artefacts and storytelling. I sculpt rods of Italian glass in an intense flame...
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Pick Up Sticks
A commission: porcupine quill inspiration for harmonising, twisted #glass sticks. I will be opening my studio for the first two weekends...
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London Day
shoes, shells and a show. I realised an elegant, older woman was waiting patiently behind me while I took a sweep of this lovely satin...
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Easter
I have had a lot of workshops booked in over Easter, but have also been making small treasures while leafing through: Heavenly Bodies:...
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Hedgecombing
Inner view of a bark fragment on an embattled and stormy evening walk. I’m getting map, hagstone and #rosettastone
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Workshops
I’ve had to deliver my latest workshops from my home workbench due to unforeseen technical difficulties at the studio. Folks have been...
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Evensong
From a Sunday that began in busy Manchester (Familia!) through to an evening in Suffolk: sounds of birdsong, pheasants and owls, spotting...
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Unintentional Terrarium
And allegory of spring. A an nest from last years cutting back has bloomed.
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