Glass

My first experience of glassmaking was in London in 2007. For several years I was painting on glass, fusing, slumping and casting, and creating themed sketchbooks alongside detailed technical notebooks.

Washed up by the Tide, 2023
Flameworked glass and found metal
4.5 x 6.5 cm

Hidden Depths
Fused and painted glass fused into a found piece of rusty metal
17cm diameter (approx)

Bull Island, 2021
Windy day on Bull Island near Dublin

A Platter of Cockles, 2022
Screenprinted on glass and slumped
18 x 23 cm

Dublin Bay cockles, 2021

Dublin Bay razor clams, 2021

The Remains of the Shell, 2022
Hand painted and cast glass
14 x 14 cm

Silicone moulds, 2023
Silicone moulds and wax impressions of shells, a sheep's horn and the letter S, ready for the next stage in the glass casting process

Marsden Rock, 2019
Silkscreen with black glass enamel on glass with silverstain
16 x 20 cm

Geldingadalir volcano
Silkscreen on glass
15.5 x 15.5 cm

Marsden Rock, 2019
Silkscreen on glass with silverstain
15 x 20 cm

Marsden Rock Sea Caves
Glass Vessel, handblown into a copper mesh tube by James Maskrey

Glass Parcels
Painted and fused glass wrapped in metal wire and fired

Work in progress for a Beach-combing installation
Flame-work and copper pipes

Ribbon
Glass, found metal grid, pebble and painted bone fragment

Blue glass, 2020
Fused glass

Glass platter ‘Seaweed and Rock-pools’, 2022
Fused, hand painted and slumped glass
18 x 19 cm

 

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