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As human beings we are constantly receiving information and witnessing events which shape who we are and the way we respond to the world. Running along side this is the idea that the works themselves bear witness to the emotions of the maker, and the effects of the processes which have formed them. Within the work, viewers can find connections to their own physicality, fragility and strength.

With glass as with people, the inside is as important as the outside – both have body, skin and inner landscape. Sometimes you can clearly see in, sometimes what you see is distorted, as through a lens, and sometimes translucency veils your view.

I use glass as an expressive medium, drawing on forms and feelings that are embodied as tangible, tactile objects, sculptures and installations. Although I am able to work with a range of media, nothing else offers the same possibilities .

Glass can be fluid, it can be hard as iron: it can be - stretched, shaped, melted, poured, blown, cut, ground, drilled, polished and broken. It can be transparent, translucent or completely opaque. It can appear to change in different light and lighting conditions. Add to this the potential tone and colour choices and glass emerges as an unparalleled raw material for artistic expression.