As a drawing medium, glass and its metallic inclusions can be a refreshing alternative not normally associated with traditional drawing techniques.  Simple and true images can be recreated, replacing pencil and paper with copper wire and float glass.

Colours and tones are created using various metals and metal leafs, copper, sterling silver, aluminium, 24 carat gold, and schlag metal all perform in their unique way during the kilning process, changing colour and transparency. Silver for example can emerge from the kiln varying from yellow to a rich gold. This unpredictability is as exciting as it is frustrating when trying to produce a specific effect. Within the glass, trapped air bubbles can also occur, giving the composition an added sense of fluidity, these purely accidental inclusions can appear in the most unusual places. 

The enjoyment of drawing the human form, simplicity and relationships are but a few culminated interests that have inspired the images I create. It is an important factor that the viewer interprets my drawings with their own ideologies and can relate them to their personal experiences and relationships. Even the simplistic stick figure images that can be drawn from childhood, arouse differing responses as to how they are perceived by the individual.

More recently I have explored our relationship with this vast space we inhabit creating space-scapes by incorporate glass frit (granular glass),giving the solar scene a sense of depth, texture and fluidity. As we know, climate change is accelerating at a very high rate, as a result of the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases emitted from vehicles, industries, power plants etc.  Subsequently, the alarming rate at which the polar ice caps are melting has become an increasingly discussed topic among environmentalists, scientists, politicians and the public alike. 

My latest works titled Iceflows and Fields are a direct response to this. These sculptural pieces are a reflection of a cold delicate environment and how it is affected by ‘global warming’ and ‘global dimming’.

I feel we all need a constant reminder of the fragility of our own existence and the responsibilities we have for future generations.