Studio 12 |
Anne Somers
Fused Glass Hangings, Pictures, Ornaments & Dishes |
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Anne Somers studied ceramic design at Glasgow School of Art in the 1980s, where she specialised in slip cast ceramics. She intended setting up her own pottery when she graduated however other events hampered her plans. In the meantime Anne started working in stained glass and learned to make copper foiled ornaments such as sun catchers, light shades and mirrors. After moving to Hornby over 14 years ago she attended Dallam College in Milnthorpe and completed a course in making leaded stained glass windows. More recently she discovered "fused" glass and has now returned to using a kiln.
Her fused glass pieces are made by cutting sheets of specialist glass into detailed shapes and forming pictures and patterns by layering the cut glass onto a backing piece of clear glass. This is then fired in a kiln to a temperature of approximately 840O°C. The firing cycle is critical to the successful fusing of glass and must increase and decrease at a controlled rate to prevent the glass from cracking.
Other elements can be added to the glass such as oxides, metal and other specialist glass such as millefiore beads or dichroic glass. Plates and dishes are formed by allowing the glass to "slump" into pre-formed moulds. This year she has started mounting her glass work onto wood and stones using metal clamps to create a more 3 dimensional aspect to her work.
Anne loves the bright colours of the glass and enjoys trying to recreate local landscapes and the flowers & wildlife in and around the Lune Valley and Forest of Bowland.
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