Harriet Temple

I have lived in Somerset most of my life, I promised myself a glass fusing kiln when I left work 3 years ago. Since then, I have attended workshops, training courses and had a lot of experimental learning to enhance my skills.

I currently work with glass as my main resource but use waste products such a copper tubing, drift wood, wood off cuts to form holding frames or structures for the glass pieces.

As glass comes in a variety of forms, from powders, enamels, various grades of frits, murrhines, canes to sheet glass, there is a range of techniques to be learnt and endless projects to be made.

I do a form of painting with the powders and enamels but cut, fuse and manipulate the sheet glass to form 2D or 3D structures i.e.  flat pieces such a window pane, garden panels, flowers, birds, always using the various temperature of the kiln to assist me

My work is influenced by a combination of the natural countryside, flowers, gardens and the odd mythical beast.