Daisy

A series of work inspired by vintage inherited fabrics, connected through their daisy design. 

A petticoat & a small fabric embellishment.

Primary research photography of the flower form & colour.

  

Wild olive tree, glass medallion, International Festival of glass

I exhibited this year as part of The International Festival of Glass at The Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge. The medallions exhibition organised by the CGS took the Olympic theme.

Thinking about embroidered badge awards I wanted to create a textile master that I could translate into a glass medal.  This is the master I created using free hand machine embroidery and hand stitch work.  I chose to represent the Wild Olive tree from Mount Olympus.

Some of the detail picked up in terracotta from the textile work.

Applying black trace to the glass medal.

Glass enamels are fixed in the final firing.

Junction 2012 glass installation

Junction 2012 Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton 3rd -5th August is a contemporary arts festival now in its second year, I've been working on a glass piece for the festival inspired by the mix of architectural detail found in the area.

I wanted to capture some of the architectural history of Chapel Ash within my glass work so primary research focused on some of the overlooked craftsmanship & decorative detail found on the high street. Above some decorative Victorian stonework in Meadow Street.

A heavily patinated metal crest, on a Lucy box in the high street

Decorative shop front

I was really interested in creating some glass to fill missing elements & negative spaces within the existing architecture of Chapel Ash.  I decided to create a glass lens to revive the dilapidated timber work of this shop front.

the making

Using a mix of architectural details for inspiration including Victorian gothic revival  

I created a clay master for my glass mould.

Plaster mix mould has picked up the clay details, ready to start packing with glass.

Colours & textures are bold to give the piece presence when installed.

installed & ready for the festival............

tree dressing with glass

I have just finished working on a great project with a class at Crudgington Primary School, Shropshire, we created Olympic inspired glass bunting, to help celebrate & decorate their local trees.

The class started off with practice pieces for their individual flags, designing in clay.

We chose Olympic values equality, friendship & courage to create 3 banners, everyone designing their own flags & a letter. The children used a mix of found object impressions & freehand mark making to create their work.

Bringing the flags together really shows their creative mix of styles & textures.
  

These are some of the plaster moulds cast from the clay models, ready to take the glass & then fired in the kiln

lots of experimentation in class created some great textures..........

The sun came out for the tree dressing day at Waters Upton.

I had also run a couple of community workshops for the arts festival & some of the locals brought the mini glass bunting they had made to dress the tree.