Glass

Following a science degree and a career in the pharmaceutical industry, it was through adult education that Hilary discovered ceramics and then later glass.

Hilary is fascinated with the properties of glass and the numerous techniques and processes to be explored and experimented with. She makes kiln-formed or leaded items and likes to combine pattern, texture and vibrant colours.

Although based in Kent, Hilary spends a number of weeks each year in Fife, Scotland and takes inspiration from the coastline, plant-life and landscape there.

Kiln-formed glass plates

Various dimensions

Prices range from £20 to £70

Paul is a stained glass artist based in Battle, East Sussex. He designs, makes and restores all manner of windows from medieval to modernist. He is particularly influenced by all things maritime and the English countryside.

Fox in the Snow

Stained glass

28 x 22 cm

£240

Julie creates stained glass art in 2D & 3D form using lead came, copper foil and appliqué methods. She aspires to look beyond the ordinary, with colour and light as her guide.

Julie has always been creative from an early age, trying out a myriad of arts and skills over the years, but always for fun. When she was introduced to stained glass, everything seemed to make sense.

Today Julie looks for ways to bring the beauty of stained glass, wire art and wood, to work in harmony together. The possibilities abound.

South Downs II

Apliqué glass and grout in wooden frame

33 x 33 cm 

£230

Ten short years ago Pauline took a leap of faith and left her successful career in secondary teaching to dedicate time to her passion for design and creativity and to give her greater flexibility for her family. Studio Shards was born and Pauline hasn't looked back since! It has given her the opportunity to fulfil a lifetime’s ambition - to produce artwork she loves to make, and that people love to receive.

For as long as she can remember she has been driven to create, whether to paint, draw or sculpt. Her work is inspired by living close to the coast in West Sussex and spending a great deal of time in Cornwall. Walking - being immersed in the landscape in all weathers and looking at nature - is an essential part of her practice and is undoubtedly the foundation for Pauline's work.
Over many years she has developed her craft and although she studied art at college, she is completely self-taught. She is drawn to the fragility and diversity of working with glass, and loves the rich colours and the excitement of opening up the kiln to see what alchemy has occurred. 

Echinacea Garden Flower

Glass and steel rod

Approx. 22 x 110 x 1.5 cm 

£50

Drawing inspiration from dark fairy tales, Paganism and the natural world, as a glass artist Rachael works not only with colour , lead and enamel , but with light itself. 

Light is the life within the pieces she creates. It sparkles through the narrative of her creatures and landscapes and is the glint of magic in the fantasy and witchery of her subject matter. 

Forest Cottages

Stained Glass

Varying sizes

£60