I am a Sussex glass artist, who has been working with traditional stained and fused glass for the past eighteen years. I am a retired trained chef and I love experimenting with different techniques using glass. I often find ingredients in my kitchen such as foil, bicarbonate soda and include these in my fused glass. I love the fact that I never know how it will turn out; a bit like cooking with glass.

You will find my work is very colourful, I love that glass lets in the light throughout the day. I make glass pictures, window hangings, small sculptures, clocks, beach huts, sailing boats and fish, I get my inspiration from the beach and countryside walks.

I teach creative glass workshops in my garden workshop in Worthing, and offer gifts vouchers to have a creative class experience and take away a piece of glass that students have designed and made.

I feel it’s really important in our busy lives for everyone to take time out to be creative whether it's art, dance, or singing. When I go to my workshop and create a piece, it doesn’t feel like work, it feels like my sanctuary and is very therapeutic. My motto is “Take time out for yourself”.