I am a self-taught fused glass artist making contemporary, colourful items for the home and garden working from my home studio. Inspired by a love of colour, texture and the natural environment, I am continually experimenting to create handmade pieces of art that bring a smile. Each of my pieces starts as a flat sheet of glass to which different elements are added to create the design. I use coloured glass, glass enamels, powders and different grades of crushed glass known as frit to build up the layers. The glass is then fused in a kiln, sometimes several times, to fuse the layers together.

‘There’s something completely satisfying and totally absorbing about designing and creating a handmade piece of art. For me, glass is a combination of the most gorgeous colours, incredible shadows and patterns that appear and disappear depending on the light and just a complete and utter joy.’