I came late to glass-making, by way of various occupations. I trained originally as a Pharmacist, and worked for a number of years in the pharmaceutical industry, before joining the Anglican Priesthood.  A growing realisation that I wanted to spend my life doing what I wanted to do, not what I ought to do (a tendency that a friend calls "hardening of the oughteries") drew me to art and glass.  My creative practice spans visual art and creative and critical writing.  I have exhibited internationally and nationally, including at the prestigious British Glass Biennale in Stourbridge, and in Side by Side, a highly acclaimed exhibition organised in partnership with the Devon Guild of Craftsmen.   I am chairperson for the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) - one of only 60 regularly funded organisations by Arts Council, England. The CGS is dedicated to promoting excellence in glassmaking.

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Selected Exhibitions:

2009

Reflexivity, Cambridge Galleries, Whittlesford, Cambridge.

Glass and Ceramics - a four person show at the Pyramid Gallery, York.

Glass Echoes 2, at the Crypt Gallery, St. Pancras, London.

Tempest - a touring show at Creative Glass, Zurich, GAS Conference, Corning USA; Studio 34, Rochester USA; ISGB conference, Miami, USA; La Journee de la Perle de Verre, Sars Poteries, France and more.

2008

Glass Routes: Wolverhampton to China at the Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton.

Tempest at the Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, West Midlands.

Northern Glass at the Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancashire. 

 2007 

 Side by Side at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon.