Created in Wales with love and passion.
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Originally from Guilsfield, Nr Welshpool, Anne moved back to the area in 1997 from London, having worked in marketing and public relations, for a number of years. A member of the Chartered Institute of Management, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the Institute of Business Advisors, along with a diploma in education, Anne also taught business studies and human resource management for various colleges within the London area. After 18 months as a business advisor for the then Development Board for Rural Wales, Anne left to take up the position of director of the Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture in Berriew, Nr Welshpool. As director she built visitor numbers up from 500 to 5,000 per annum and introduced an education programme. Whilst at the museum, Anne visited a Glass Exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham. It was there that she saw, and bought, her first piece of fused glass art - a large dish. She loved it so much, she decided to learn how it was created. After attending her first course at the Rainbow Glass Studio in Stoke Newington, London she fell in love with the process of glass fusing. Her position of director at the museum was funded by the Arts Council of Wales. After five years, the ACW ceased all funding and sadly she had to leave. During that period, she had continued to attend monthly courses at Rainbow Glass, eventually providing her own glass and hiring the studio facilities, and perfecting her fused glass skills as a hobbyist.
It was
always Anne's dream to have a proper studio/workshop and
produce functional, fused and cast glass art for the home,
garden and business. Finally, in October 2006, her dream was
realized when she re-mortgaged, cashed in her endowment
policy, and invested everything she had in
a 500 sq.ft. workshop in Llanerfyl, some 10 miles from her
home. As well as creating fused and cast glass art including;
wall tiles - borders and inserts, splash-backs, sinks,
bowls, dishes, door inserts for kitchens, bathrooms and
external doors, shower screens and jewellery, Anne also runs courses in fusing
and is a qualified teacher of 'silver clay'. "Finally, says Anne, in the autumn of her life she has found her artistic creative side and is working at something she really loves, rather than working because she has to".
Home and Garden (warmglassart.co.uk)
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Glass Tiles (www.glasstilesonline.com)
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Rather
than look for alternative employment, Anne decided to continue learning more about the art of glass fusing and
casting. Attending
courses at Creative Glass in Kent, she developed her skills as a
glass artist. Initially, working from a shed in her garden, Anne
created fused glass jewellery, selling it at local shows and
galleries.