Nature is my primary muse. My aim is to communicate the fragile beauty of nature ensuring that the same qualities are present in my glass. I have a palette of colour building on clear glass as a painter will build on a blank canvas. Vibrant rich colours are combined to create unique pieces with many depths and facets displaying a spectrum of colours that shimmer and change. Deep blue is married with sea greens. Rods, chips, powders, gold and silver leaf are all used to produce this individual work. Glass is the most stunning, beautiful and challenging of mediums and can be used to create beautiful and interesting contemporary pieces. I graduated from Farnham with a BA Honours in Three Dimensional Design in glass and continued my journey into working with this magical medium by becoming the artist-in-residence for two years. This role enabled me to continue making my own work and also to teach hot and cold glass making processes to students studying on the Three Dimensional Design and Postgraduate courses. In addition I hosted Master Classes in collaboration with American glass artist Ron Rogers on Venetian style stemware, carried out my own commissions and assisted other artists in this field. After three years working as a Glass Technician (which included the building and commissioning of a new furnace), I spent the latter half of 2010 working at other glass studios. I have now opened my own glass blowing workshop in Cranleigh, Surrey which comprises all the latest energy efficient equipment needed for high quality glass making. Here I am able to make my own work and develop new ranges and to carryout commissions. By running a variety of short courses lasting between two hours to two full days I am able to share my passion and give students the unique opportunity to be creative with glass. With a maximum of two students per session they are assured of constant guidance and advice.