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Stories In Transit
Glass Applique
Glass Painting
Glass Sculpture
Drawings
Stained Glass
Courses
About
Contact

Glass Applique

Glass applique has become a big part of what I do. I like the freedom in design it gives me and am enjoying exploring the technique.

Plutchik's Dice

Plutchik's Dice

Plutchik's Dice

Plutchik's Dice - detail

Teenage Landscape

Teenage Landscape - detail

Teenage Landscape - detail

Teenage Landscape - detail

Teenage Landscape - detail

Teenage Landscape - detail

Teenage Landscape - detail

Teenage Landscape - detail

$This piece was made specially for 'par-al-lax' - a Group Exhibition of 2D and 3D work by London based artists of mixed-heritage and mixed-ethnicity. My father was Pakistani and my mother is English. Now in my forties, my attitude and that of modern society has changed towards those with mixed heritage. When I was growing up in the 70s/80s my background brought me embarrassment and confusion. I couldn’t understand why others thought I was so different. My siblings have much darker skin than me – I look white – and this also led to me having to explain my funny foreign name. Sometimes this was met with disbelief and I constantly seemed to have to justify who I was. I could never just be myself. I am very glad that with age has come a happy acceptance of who and what I am. I am proud of both sides of my being and can see the advantages they bring me. My piece for this exhibition illustrates these two sides. A glass mosaic, it is based on the idea of a Venn Diagram – with the cross section in the middle having two layers of glass. This intersection – the mixing of the two sides – the mixing of different colours and textures of glass – gives a rich and complex surface. The mixing of both sides of my family gives me a richer life experience but also a more complex relationship with the world. The parallax effect – the thickness of the glass - means that as you move around the piece, the view changes slightly, symbolic of my (and others) shifting attitude to my background. The lines of multi coloured glass marching towards the central motif describe the many hundreds of generations behind me – we are all the culmination of countless unions of different families, cultures and peoples. The marbles illustrate my once fractured view of non-mixed race people – whole and perfect. I longed to be like them – now I am very glad I am exactly who I am. I am drawn to maps and diagrams as they explain and inform our view of the world. This exploration is helping me to decide who I am and where I belong. Installation view.$ $Venn Diagram. Stained glass mosaic. This piece was made specially for 'par-al-lax' - a Group Exhibition of 2D and 3D work by London based artists of mixed-heritage and mixed-ethnicity. My father was Pakistani and my mother is English. Now in my forties, my attitude and that of modern society has changed towards those with mixed heritage. When I was growing up in the 70s/80s my background brought me embarrassment and confusion. I couldn’t understand why others thought I was so different. My siblings have much darker skin than me – I look white – and this also led to me having to explain my funny foreign name. Sometimes this was met with disbelief and I constantly seemed to have to justify who I was. I could never just be myself. I am very glad that with age has come a happy acceptance of who and what I am. I am proud of both sides of my being and can see the advantages they bring me. My piece for this exhibition illustrates these two sides. A glass mosaic, it is based on the idea of a Venn Diagram – with the cross section in the middle having two layers of glass. This intersection – the mixing of the two sides – the mixing of different colours and textures of glass – gives a rich and complex surface. The mixing of both sides of my family gives me a richer life experience but also a more complex relationship with the world. The parallax effect – the thickness of the glass - means that as you move around the piece, the view changes slightly, symbolic of my (and others) shifting attitude to my background. The lines of multi coloured glass marching towards the central motif describe the many hundreds of generations behind me – we are all the culmination of countless unions of different families, cultures and peoples. The marbles illustrate my once fractured view of non-mixed race people – whole and perfect. I longed to be like them – now I am very glad I am exactly who I am. I am drawn to maps and diagrams as they explain and inform our view of the world. This exploration is helping me to decide who I am and where I belong.$ $Venn Diagram. Stained glass mosaic. Detail. This piece was made specially for 'par-al-lax' - a Group Exhibition of 2D and 3D work by London based artists of mixed-heritage and mixed-ethnicity. My father was Pakistani and my mother is English. Now in my forties, my attitude and that of modern society has changed towards those with mixed heritage. When I was growing up in the 70s/80s my background brought me embarrassment and confusion. I couldn’t understand why others thought I was so different. My siblings have much darker skin than me – I look white – and this also led to me having to explain my funny foreign name. Sometimes this was met with disbelief and I constantly seemed to have to justify who I was. I could never just be myself. I am very glad that with age has come a happy acceptance of who and what I am. I am proud of both sides of my being and can see the advantages they bring me. My piece for this exhibition illustrates these two sides. A glass mosaic, it is based on the idea of a Venn Diagram – with the cross section in the middle having two layers of glass. This intersection – the mixing of the two sides – the mixing of different colours and textures of glass – gives a rich and complex surface. The mixing of both sides of my family gives me a richer life experience but also a more complex relationship with the world. The parallax effect – the thickness of the glass - means that as you move around the piece, the view changes slightly, symbolic of my (and others) shifting attitude to my background. The lines of multi coloured glass marching towards the central motif describe the many hundreds of generations behind me – we are all the culmination of countless unions of different families, cultures and peoples. The marbles illustrate my once fractured view of non-mixed race people – whole and perfect. I longed to be like them – now I am very glad I am exactly who I am. I am drawn to maps and diagrams as they explain and inform our view of the world. This exploration is helping me to decide who I am and where I belong.$

Decision Tree - stained glass mosaic. Installation view.

Decision Tree - stained glass mosaic. Installation view, detail.

Decision Tree - stained glass mosaic. Installation view, detail.

Star Map - engraved mosaic panel. Installation view.

Star Map - engraved mosaic panel. Installation view.

Star Map - engraved mosaic panel. Installation view.

Star Map - engraved mosaic panel. Installation view.

Star Map - engraved mosaic panel. Installation view, detail.

Town Centre - gallery view

Detail - Town Centre - stained glass mosaic sculpture

Town Centre - stained glass mosaic sculpture

Only Happy Round the Edges - stained glass mosaic panel

Only Happy Round the Edges - stained glass mosaic panel. Intallation view.

Audience (Slide Viewer, Three Ways) - First Way - gig slide, in box with natural light

Audience (Slide Viewer, Three Ways) - First Way - snowboarding slide, in box with natural light

Audience (Slide Viewer, Three Ways) - Second Way - gig slide, in box with light box

Audience (Slide Viewer, Three Ways) - Second Way - snowboarding slide, in box with light box

Audience (Slide Viewer, Three Ways) - Third Way - gig slide as separate hanging panel

Audience (Slide Viewer, Three Ways) - Third Way - snowboarding slide as separate hanging panel

Audience (Slide Viewer, Three Ways) - Detail of audience

Audience (Slide Viewer, Three Ways) - Detail of snowboarding slide

Audience (Slide Viewer, Three Ways) - Detail of gig slide

Gears

Detail - Gears

Double Sided - experimenting with mosaic on both sides of the base glass.

Through the leaves - stained glass mosaic window

Cullin Hills stained glass mosaiic window

Cullin Hills stained glass mosaic window

Little Man Looking - 3D stained glass mosaic

Ripples. Stained and painted glass mosaic light box.

Untitled. Design for a window.

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Studio

Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex. CM20 2HP

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