Not on the High Street

I'm very fortunate to have been invited to sell my work through Not on the High Street 

Finished Piece

And I didn't make a mistake - very proud of myself!

In progress

This new piece os taking shape. It's so detailled it's taking forever. I hope I don't make a mistake at the end...

Latest Papercuts

The shadow is as exciting as the artwork!

Papercut Design for Frosted Window Film

This papercut would make a great design as frosted window film. It'll be at my next exhibition in Surrey in May.

Keep a look out for it over the next few weeks whilst I develop this idea!

Studio

This is an image of work in progress in my studio today. I'm getting it ready to take to several exhibitions that I'm attending in the summer.

New Work

Papercut

Seek & Adore

I've been having trouble photographing my glass and getting a good representational image for  www.seekandadore.com  These are the latest which are listed on their website at the moment.

Internal Door Panels

This glass was designed for a newly built Arts & Crafts style house in Exeter. The client chose the following 4 designs from a number of sketches for each of the sets of 4 glass panels and these were then made in sandblasted and carved glass. The photographs show the finished glass from the right hand design before it left my studio

Papercut and Sandblasted Splashback commission

This commission was for a kitchen splashback. The design reflects the area in which the client lives and includes an image of their house.
A papercut was created from the original drawing, and the artwork for the sandblasting stencil was created digitally from that. This is slightly more complex as it allows for 2 depths of sandblasting.
The panel will be fixed to the wall using chrome mirror screws.

Papercut

Yet more papercuts with which I'm exploring ways of introducing elements of colour yet still keeping the flatness and sharpness of the papercut (although the background is actually cream, not blue as it looks here!)

Papercuts

I LOVE papercutting and I continue to cut like mad when not working on commissions for glass. I use similar stencil techniques to create my sandblasted glass, but they are destroyed in use. By turning the process around and starting with a papercut from which to create the digital sandblasting stencil, I am able to push my work in a slightly different direction.
Here is one of my favourites so far..!

Splashback

I have just finished cutting this kitchen splashback. I love the contrast of the black pattern against the blue wall The photo doesn't do it justice so I've added an image of the glass on a piece of white paper before it was installed.

 

Framed papercuts

Finished and framed papercuts in my studio

Work in progress

I love strong line and have have spent the past couple months drawing on the wall and ceiling of the hall in our house. The turquoise tree will be a coat hanger and the small area will be filled with plants. I'm planning on laying fake grass on the floor to add to the effect of walking into a magical jungle when entering the house.

Paper cuts again

Can't stop cutting!!!

Papercuts

More papercuts

Here are my latest papercuts - I've framed the Picassoish one so that now it looks nice and crisp and clean behind glass - and I've added a new one that I completed today. It's in grey and the images show the design and the progression of the cutting.

New Work

Enjoying using just the basic tools of a pencil, knife and paper I'm developing a collection papercuts.

These are some of the first experimental pieces based on old drawings in my sketch book. 

All my glass designs start life as a drawing followed by a stencil, but the stencils have to be discarded after sandblasting. The process of creating my glass becomes complex as it often requires processes over which I have no control, such as toughening, polishing and double glazing. I am therefore drawn to the simplicity of being able to create imagery using a few tools in my hands and hope that it will lead my work in new directions.