Anne Bridgen

Anne Bridgen PhD

Anne enjoys many different forms of art but over the past three years has concentrated on working with fused glass. This is a technique she began in Northern Ireland at the Flowerfield centre  in Portstewart shortly after completing an art foundation course, UUCertHE in Fine and Applied Art, in 2007. On moving to the Cairngorms National Park in 2010 she found no local glass kiln so bought her own and started selling her work commercially from then.

 

"Fire and Ice" Glass Bowl 20x6cm £80

 

Anne is a scientist (virologist) by training and finds that glass fusing satisfies her creative urges while also requiring a scientific approach to experimenting with firing programmes. She loves colour and her work is bright and colourful, rather than subtle! Her work encompasses jewellery, coasters, bowls and wall hangings, and she also welcomes commissions. She is also starting to give fused glass classes, both to groups and individuals.

 

"Autumn Plate" Glass 20x3cm £60

 

Glass fusing involves fusing pieces of glass at temperatures of around 800°C followed by slow cooling; this temperature can be varied in order to retain more texture in the glass. Anne uses high quality handrolled Bullseye glass. Metal or kiln-proof paper can be added between the glass layers. Her jewellery uses dichroic glass, which has been coated with multiple coatings of metal oxides that result in glass that appears bicoloured, as some wavelengths of light pass through the glass while others are reflected.

Other pieces of Anne's glassware are available at the gallery.

 

For more information please see the artists own website www.croftholidays.co.uk

 

All dimensions are approximate and show the overall width x height.

Please phone or email if you have a query or wish to make a purchase.

Postage and packing are not included in the prices quoted.

 

 

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