Front Cover: Jane - Cole Jellyfish / Cone drop earrings
I am an artist and work in the medium of glass. I have always loved to make and create and glass is such a wonderful material to use. I love the vibrancy of colour that can de achieved, the way light transforms it, as well as the lustre, shine and smooth feel of it.I graduated with my 3D design art degree 37 years ago and for many years worked mainly with sheet glass. I would slump, fuse and shape my forms using a kiln to heat and transform the flat glass into new and exciting vessel forms.
But more recently I have concentrated on the manipulation of glass rods and strips using a propane gas flame. This flameworking technique allows me to make and create in a more spontaneous way. I will start with one idea but it will often transform as I work on the piece into something else.
I love the serendipity of it and the kind of meditation that the focus on the glass in the flame demands. Colour, nature and particularly wave forms are a large part of my inspiration and each bead I make is composed of the beauty of glass itself combined with my concentrated thought, creativity and passion.
I will often combine copper and silver wire, semi-precious stones and pearls with my glass. I like to think of my unique glass bead jewellery as wearable art. I am very lucky to live in the beautiful West Sussex countryside and to be able to work from my home studio in Partridge Green.
Instagram, janes_art_glass