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Handmade kiln-formed glass Fused glass with a Sussex twist, inspired by the sea and the changing seasons around the South Downs.

Just like the Bullseye art glass I work with, each finished piece is unique.

15/10/2026

✉️ A postcard from...

11cm ancient Sussex landscapes in a stained glass (ish) style on little oak plinths. It's good to work small and with sheet glass rather than powders for once. A nice amount of lovely silver leaf in these too. (Not so easy to photograph though - I really need a proper camera).

🍃 A Postcard from Bramber; and
🍂 A Postcard from the Riverbank

Early bird pieces for Steyning Arts Affordable Christmas Gifts Fair. Find us at the Steyning Centre on Saturday 5th December! ❄️

04/10/2026

The woodland at Pulborough Brooks would normally be awash with mushrooms at this time of year, but it's just so dry!! Best spots today were Birch polypore and what I thought might be young Plums and Custard but is probably Honey Fungus. Still beautiful though - loads of frolicking squirrels and I watched a Treecreeper walk all the way up a very tall tree. Almost nothing on the wetlands right now - there's no water at the moment so nothing for the migrating birds to come for. Make it rain!

25/09/2026

☆ Autumn ☆

🍂 Despite the warmth here on the South Coast, the air smells like autumn. There's just the tiniest of nips in the evening and darkness is coming noticeably earlier. Uno Seaford Autumn Colours exhibition kicks off tomorrow and runs until 20th October. The gallery was absolutely chocka with people setting up today, but I managed to get snaps of some of my faves.

This will be my final time at Uno Seaford Sadly the doors will be closing for good in November - a real loss to the clutch of galleries in this part of East Sussex. If you see something here that you like, do head over and look - it might be the last chance.

South Coast Artists Sussex& Hampshire Gallery UNO

19/09/2026

🔥 They built a boat and burned it to the ground 🔥
Awesome Equinox celebration with Bards, brawling and Viking Boat burning Butser Ancient Farm Autumn is coming!

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13/09/2026

🌟 I've been elbow-deep in stars recently... somewhere over 150 made and I'm going a bit mad! So here's a reminder that I do make other things.

🍃 Find me at Uno Seaford in a couple of weeks time, then it's all downhill to December. Robins are coming and I will drop some into Gigglewick Gallery - ‘Find the Extraordinary’ I will also be back at Cat and Kiwi Studio I have no idea where else, but there will be small bits and larger bits, all with a folklore story, which I'll tell you if you ask! 🍂

28/08/2026

🌟🌟🌟 August Bank Holiday weekend means prep for 🎄🎄🎄 is Go. Cosmic Stars sold out last year. I only made them in aqua blues but people asked for other colours so fiery reds (and possibly greens) are coming this year. I design and fire my own sheet glass for these so have total flexibility over how they look. A bazillion hand-cut triangles, a ton of kiln firings, about 100m of gold satin ribbon and several bouts of hand cramp later, there you have it!

♻️ These are made by recycling broken picture frame glass. If anyone around Brighton / Shoreham has good size pieces going spare please drop me a message! ♻️

02/08/2026

On the front cover with a bit of blurb inside Your Local Magazine | Steyning, Bramber & Beeding this month 🙌🏻

Steyning Arts

28/07/2026

☆July-August 2026☆

Back at Uno Seaford for the first time in what feels like an eternity! There are some new artists in this month including Gill Bustamante with her massive, magical, dive-right-in paintings. Also two new-to-me ceramicists - one who has made a series of incredible bonfire-fired vessels that look like flint and feel like marble, and another whose mystical birds I really should have taken a photo of, if only so you could see the ridiculous amount of detail on the feet and talons. Ofc I can't remember either name, but trust me when I say go to Seaford and take a look!

As ever you can also find some of my pieces at the lovely Gigglewick Gallery - ‘Find the Extraordinary’ in Worthing. It's a special little place in the Royal Arcade and really worth a visit.

25/07/2026

🍏 Clemmening 🍺

In Sussex, the Novembet feasts of St Clement and St Catherine were traditionally marked by children singing (or rhyming) their way around town to ask for apples and ale. The tradition survived a 1540 Royal Proclamation that effectively banned children from having any sort of fun on Saints' Days and seems to have eventually died out in the 19th century. It has been revived and modernised recently in some parts of East Sussex, although I've not experienced it!

This medium-sized vessel is part of my 'ancient landscape' series, based on Sussex history and folklore. It's off to Uno Seaford next week.

29/05/2026

☆ Steyning Art Trail ☆ Open Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st May, 11-4pm. Lots of great venues to explore in beautiful Steyning. Might have to be a bit biased though and say Venue 7 - the Grade II Listed Quaker Meeting House - is the loveliest 👌🏻

Find my glasswork along with:
Painting / Collage / Mixed media
Silver jewellery
Applique / Bespoke textile art
Papercut / Pencil drawing / Printing
Painting and prints

Something for everyone, from greeting cards to decorative glass, wall art to furniture, abstract to local landmarks.

Address

No 1 Vincents Walk
Southampton
SO14 1JY

Website

http://Beachsidekiln.wordpress.com/

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