Resume
MA Glass (Merit) - University of the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey, England - Specialist Glass Tutor & Technical Assistance - Colin Webster
Focused on: Blown Glass, Coldworking and Lost Wax Casting
Major Project: "Don't you wonder sometimes 'Bout sound and vision?" - D. Bowie (Echolocation)
Sojourn
October 2016 - Baldwin & Guggisberg, Wales - Glassblowing Assistance & Coldworking
Internships
December 2015 - London Glassblowing, London, England - Gallery/Sales
October 2015 - Jonathan Rogers Glassblowing, Essex, England - Glassblowing Assistance & Coldworking
Kiln-formed Glass
BTEC Certificate in Art & Design - Glass Level 3 (Distinction), Portobello, London, England - Maria Zulueta/Monette Larsen
Textiles & Knitwear:
BSc Hons in Textile & Knitwear Technology - De Montfort University, Leicester, England - Knitwear Tutor - David Spencer, Weaving - Keith Wignall
Masterclasses:
Coldworking
North Lands Creative, Lybster, Scotland - 'In from the Cold' - Anthony Scala
Blowing/Sculpting
Bild-Werk International Summer Academy, Frauenau, Germany - Hot Sculpting Interdisciplinary - 'Form & Freeform' - James Labold/John Moran
London Glass Blowing, Borough, London, England - Timothy Rawlinson
Corning Glass Studio, Corning, New York, US - Josh Ries/Bruce Ferguson
The Glass Hub, Wiltshire, England - KT Yun/Sonja Klinger
Glass Engraving
Morley College, Lambeth, London, England - Katherine Coleman MBE
Pâte de Verre
KCC, Portobello, London, England - Maria Zulueta
Scholarships
2019 Fall Scholarship, UrbanGlass Studio, Brooklyn, New York, US, Hot Sculpting - Fruition: Concept to Exhibition, Einar & Jamex de la Torre
2018 Summer Scholarship, Corning Glass Studio, Corning, New York, US, Cold Sculpting - Cold Construction and 3D Thinking, Martin Rasol
2018 Edward James Scholarship, West Dean College, West Dean, West Sussex, UK, Engraving, Nancy Sutcliffe
Organiser/Curator for Glass @ The Forge - September 2018 - www.glassattheforge.com
Press/Publications
Artist Review/Publication:
Glass Art Society, GAS Weekly Digest, April 14th 2019 'Member Monday - Caroline O'Connor'
Hughes, Valerie, Glass The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2018, Issue 152 'Artists Who Deploy the Unique Sonic Qualities of Fused Silica'The Sound of It'
Hughes, Valerie, Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet, April 17th 2018,Exhibition: Philadelphia glass museum seeks to join the visual and the auditory in "Sound & Vision"
National Liberty Museum, GlassAccess, 'Sound & Vision'
Craft & Design, Issue 247, Sept/Oct 2016, Makers at Menier
Curation Review/Publication:
Coleman, Katherine, The Glass Network, Feb 2019, 'Glass at the Forge Review: Yuki Kokai'
Artist Exhibitions
Glass @ The Forge 15th-23rd September 2018, in partnership with London Design Festival 2018, Open House London 2018 & Craft Central - Exhibit: 'Buddy - Smell the Roses', 'Ocean Blue' & 'Gone to the Dogs' (Souless)
Inspired by... 2018, 8th May - 26th May 2018, Morley Gallery, London in association with V & A - Exhibit: Starburst (Inspired by Cartier & Dior)
Sound and Vision 6th April - 10th June 2018 - National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, US - Exhibit: A Sea of Horns
Interactive Glass 18th October 2017 - Jan 29th 2018, Contemporary Glass Society
Summer Exhibition 25th-29th July 2017 - Menier Gallery - Exhibit : Rock Pool
Makers at Menier September 2016 - Menier Gallery - Exhibits: A Sea of Horns, Abandoned Sound, Echoes Within, Pins & Needles, Rock 'n' Roll
MA Graduation Show September 2016 - University of the Creative Arts - Exhibits: A Sea of Horns, Abandoned Sound, Echoes Within, Pins & Needles, Rock 'n' Roll
Re-Thinking the Body October 2015 - University of the Creative Arts
MA Graduation Show September 2015 - University of the Creative Arts - Exhibit: The Blind Basilisk