10.7.13

From Sketchbook to Glass...

I thought I'd share some of the inspiration that's collected over the years in sketchbooks made on visits to the sea. I think most of these have bubbled up when on holiday in St Ives or North Cornwall.

The exhibition at The New Craftsman in St Ives this summer is a collection of paintings made in glass all inspired by time on this lovely, quirky little town's beaches. It's called the Sounding Sea, a line from a poem by George Curtis, 'O listen to the sounding sea...'.

For me the sea shore is somewhere to watch, listen, reflect... A 'thin place', where its possible to gain perspective on life. It's a beautiful place, but powerful too. Whether its a busy summers day or a cold, lonely place, it always restores.

Back in my urban space, faced with a blank glass canvas, my hope is that I bring to life some of those responses again, in the intriguing alchemy that is glass fusing.