This series of glass oval have evolved from visits to the Isles of Scilly. Innisidgen, is a Bronze Age site on the very edge of the water on the Island of St Mary’s. In the past I have made flights over the islands in a small light aircraft, photographing aerial perspectives, and the changes to the Island boundaries with the rise and fall of the tides. The ovals are a layered glass collages, mapping the shapes and textures of close up stones and lichens and the contours of the edge of the land and sea.

Each kilnformed glass work evolves from many drawings and photographs of a particular place and time, using hand cut stencils to build layers of translucent colour with glass powder and fragmented imagery. Water jet cut piercings through the glass cast shifting patterns of light and shadow when lit from different angles.

Each oval measures 31cm x 38cm and is wall mounted with a transparent fitting, allowing a gap behind each work.