Enjoying my 20th year of melting glass and enjoying my new home studio.
I find the captivating immediacy of the medium in the viscous, glowing and dangerously hot state so compelling. There’s endless magic moments as colour melts with colour, reactions between colours and techniques to explore.
Some of my most recent pieces are a homage to a pendant I bought on the island of Burano (near Murano). It is made in the “off mandrel” technique which just means that it’s technically not a bead in that it doesn’t have a hole through the centre. The pendant is very simple and now that I have worked out how it was made I just have so many ideas to explore in just that style.
Glass beads, however, do form the bulk of my creations and I love to create in the many different. colour pallets that my glass collection allows. Unlike the Venetians, I use glass from many different companies throughout the globe and of particular interest is the high lustre forming silver glass from America or the lovely milky colours coming from Chinese glass makers albeit with their inherent challenges to overcome. Otherwise my glass is of from Italian or German makers.
I am looking forward to sharing my new work with you. Expect to see an eclectic range of colourful jewellery including necklaces, pendants, earrings and bracelets along with a selection of miniature glass flower posies where endless colour combinations emerge.