Employment
Clarks Shoes: May 2009 – Present
Responsibilities include: Interacting with a range of young to elderly customers and building a rapport, assisting in the organisation of displays, tracking individual performance.
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Glass and Ceramics (Expected grade 2:1): 2011 – Present
University of Sunderland, specialising in hot glass.
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Grade Merit): 2010 – 2011
A Level in Art (Grade A): 2008 – 2010
Professional Experience
Studio Assistant at North Tyneside Art Studio (Internship): July 2012.
Working within an art studio for vulnerable adults. Responsibilities include: assisting senior artists in the delivery of workshops, facilitating studio users by offering technical advice, assisting in the installation of exhibitions and shows.
Took part in a five day master class in hot glass with James Maskrey at Northlands Creative Glass: March 2013.
Learned and practiced a range of Hot Glass Techniques.
Created an online retail facility with brand, selling handmade products. Goods have also been sold at ongoing stalls within craft fairs and markets: October 2012- Present
www.etsy.com/shop/Bijouxtiful
Attended briefing/ site visit for the Stephens Competition in Architectural Glass, London: January 2013
Assistant to Robert Winter with a community ceramics event, Bill Quay Farm: October 2012
Assistant to Colin Rennie in the assembly of “Negative Entropy”: October 2012
Exhibitions
Into the Maze- Off Quay Arthouse and Studios, Newcastle: May 2013
“Dream Series”, screen-printed float glass with hot glass components.
Dry Run, Shipley Art Gallery, Newcastle: May 2013
“Check Out My Plumage”, free-blown glass combined with hot construction techniques.
(Forthcoming) Glass and Ceramics 2014, National Glass Centre, Sunderland: June 2014
“Society’s Cage”, free-blown glass combined with hot construction, sculpture and roll up techniques.
Clarks Shoes: May 2009 – Present
Responsibilities include: Interacting with a range of young to elderly customers and building a rapport, assisting in the organisation of displays, tracking individual performance.
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Glass and Ceramics (Expected grade 2:1): 2011 – Present
University of Sunderland, specialising in hot glass.
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Grade Merit): 2010 – 2011
A Level in Art (Grade A): 2008 – 2010
Professional Experience
Studio Assistant at North Tyneside Art Studio (Internship): July 2012.
Working within an art studio for vulnerable adults. Responsibilities include: assisting senior artists in the delivery of workshops, facilitating studio users by offering technical advice, assisting in the installation of exhibitions and shows.
Took part in a five day master class in hot glass with James Maskrey at Northlands Creative Glass: March 2013.
Learned and practiced a range of Hot Glass Techniques.
Created an online retail facility with brand, selling handmade products. Goods have also been sold at ongoing stalls within craft fairs and markets: October 2012- Present
www.etsy.com/shop/Bijouxtiful
Attended briefing/ site visit for the Stephens Competition in Architectural Glass, London: January 2013
Assistant to Robert Winter with a community ceramics event, Bill Quay Farm: October 2012
Assistant to Colin Rennie in the assembly of “Negative Entropy”: October 2012
Exhibitions
Into the Maze- Off Quay Arthouse and Studios, Newcastle: May 2013
“Dream Series”, screen-printed float glass with hot glass components.
Dry Run, Shipley Art Gallery, Newcastle: May 2013
“Check Out My Plumage”, free-blown glass combined with hot construction techniques.
(Forthcoming) Glass and Ceramics 2014, National Glass Centre, Sunderland: June 2014
“Society’s Cage”, free-blown glass combined with hot construction, sculpture and roll up techniques.