ABOUT ME
My name is Elaine Mason. I have been working as an artist (painter) for some years - mainly self-taught - and discovered warm glass making during a holiday in Crete in early 2008. It excited me so much that on my return to the UK I enrolled on a course and subsequently invested in a kiln.
I have chosen to work with re-claimed glass and to create unique pieces of colour and texture from an otherwise waste product - re-cycling at its best. I have been blessed to find a local window company and a picture framer who support my ethos and happily supply me with their unwanted glass.
Using a fusing process (two pieces of glass fused together in the kiln) it is possible to encapsulate all manner of other materials within the glass - from precious metals to seed heads - and for this, too, I look at re-cycling what is around me; cutting up used t-light holders, empty tomato puree tubes etc.
I am happy to take on commissions and, wherever possible, will incorporate ideas, shapes and colours to suit your individual needs.
I have chosen to work with re-claimed glass and to create unique pieces of colour and texture from an otherwise waste product - re-cycling at its best. I have been blessed to find a local window company and a picture framer who support my ethos and happily supply me with their unwanted glass.
Using a fusing process (two pieces of glass fused together in the kiln) it is possible to encapsulate all manner of other materials within the glass - from precious metals to seed heads - and for this, too, I look at re-cycling what is around me; cutting up used t-light holders, empty tomato puree tubes etc.
I am happy to take on commissions and, wherever possible, will incorporate ideas, shapes and colours to suit your individual needs.