Artwork for Jill Bagnall
Winter Iris - large flared bowl
Blue Ribbons - close up
Uovo - small vessel
Fishy Soap Dishy
Chelsea T-lights
Arazzo Giulianova - square platter
Saturday glass picture tile w/shops
Hello, it's me!
Details
I create unique, one-off pieces exploiting the bold colours & visual properties of glass. It can be unpredictable and I enjoy the challenge, knowing that the result will always be enriched by the unique interaction between glass and light – light breathes life into glass!
My style is certainly informed by a geometric, balanced, aesthetic and for almost 10 years, the 'tapestry' technique has underpinned my work with much still to explore. I love experimenting with colours and it is my happy place
I’m a bit of a non-conformist and still searching for my unique & individual artistic expression and over-riding influence from amongst the myriads absorbed to date.
Working with glass challenges me technically as well as allowing me to explore almost unlimited colour combinations. There is so much still to learn & absorb, adding new skills to old to create something ultimately more 'me'.
Jill Bagnall designer/maker with kiln-formed glass at Fusing Ideas Contemporary Glass.
I love playing with glass!
Though I do take it seriously & work safely.
Fusing Ideas Contemporary Glass, was established in 2012 and is based in a small village on the edge of the Shropshire Hills.
After a period working away, I’ve recently brought everything back together at my home studio and I’m lucky to be surrounded by the peace & gentleness of rolling hills, my untidy wildlife (aka neglected) garden and all my glass paraphernalia.
For almost 10 years, I’ve been running popular glass fusing workshops and I’m pretty proud to say I’ve introduced glass fusing to hundreds of people from all over the UK and beyond. Some of my ‘students’ have gone on to start glass fusing businesses of there own – I do warn people they might become addicted
My workshops are held at the local village community hall. Plenty of room to spreadout, good facilities for my students, plus, it helps maximise the use of local resources. And hall to kiln is less than a mile.
My artistic education has been, and is, through observing, experimenting & practicing, as well as attending glass ‘masterclasses’ and I’m currently in the experimental phase with 3-dimensional fusing and hand manipulation of ‘warm’ glass. This process allows just a brief time to coax the glass into shape before it is too stiff for further ‘work’, hence the forms are by nature much more organic and, in turn, informed by the unique properties of glass.
I'm excited to add this new twist to my glass portfolio.
Selling Exhibitions:
Art in the Park - Leamington Spa. Hereford Art week. Church Stretton Arts Festival - Shropshire. Bishop's Castle Arts Festival - Shropshire. RHS Malvern Spring Show, Malvern Autumn Show, CraftWorks - Malvern, with Worcestershire Guild Contemporary Craft. Gorgeous Christmas - Coalbrookedale Shropshire, "Showing Off" - Much Wenlock Shropshire, Willow Gallery - Oswestry, with Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft.
Online - own website.
Selling exhibitions as above plus other Arts & Crafts Fairs in West Midlands
