I am a glass artist inspired by the incredible range of structures and colours within natural forms. Scale is also of great importance and I am excited by the limitless possibilities from large scale to incredible close up details which I can be interpreted in the medium of glass. Glass itself has a very natural fluid motion when being shaped and formed and is therefore an excellent material to express movement and fragility. Glass making can be a very individual response to a brief, but it can also allow people to work together in teams to create works of glass that could not be produced by a single person enabling artists to share ideas and learn from each other.

I take inspiration from nature that surrounds us such as flowers, leaves, reptiles and sea life. My work investigates the relationship between function and decoration, by creating an interesting composition of functionality and ornamentation. This involves creating a functional form and carving into the surface, decorating with hand built additions of lizards and flowers and making the surface a valuable part of the piece.

Currently I am exploring lidded forms with functional lizard additions. I create life-like lizards that interact with the piece, as well as hand carved floral forms on the same pieces. Alongside this I use the lizards in a more decorative way, with large bowl forms.

My favoured techniques which I use with porcelain include throwing, slip casting, carving, hand building, wax resist and inlay.

I am a designer and maker of contemporary pieces in a range of different materials and mediums but I specialise in silversmithing. I have recently exhibited work in the Queens Gallery in New Dehli, India and have been awarded The Goldsmiths Company Precise Metal Bursary after winning a competition.

Everyone has their own unique, individual emotional reaction to what they see around them. When I look at my surroundings, whether in a bustling city centre, on top of a rocky mountain or on a warm, tropical coast line, I have my own emotional response which I express in my Silversmithing work with every movement of the metal.

Travelling to different contrasting locations inspires my creativity and drives me to continue my journey into silversmithing and combining metal with other materials.

During the making of every raised piece I have started to enjoy the process more and more, and as I've been working on one piece, I have been thinking about what exciting shape to raise next. It can be hard work, and often challenging, but I think solving the many practical and visual problems involved in any project adds to the overall enjoyment. Each creative journey through the making process to the completion of the final piece is always very rewarding.

It is the context of architecture and natural form, and the spiritualism of the Church echoed in the pillars and arches of its Cathedrals, that forms the core of my sculptural practice. I am inspired by the potential of clay as there are no limits to scale - with brick I can work on a piece 12 foot tall; equally in extreme detail on small porcelain pieces.

Mathematical principles underpin the structural forms that I use to explore architectures, artistic resonance and potential. I find that the arch, one of the most important elements of my practice, has had an incredible personal resonance as it evokes both reverence and the idea of 'reaching up'. I make spires built entirely as a skeletal structure of arches with one arch perched upon the apex of another forming a vaulted spire. I seek site specific situations for these creations, enabling me to take my art out of the gallery into the context of the locale. Medieval Cathedrals, the Art Nouveau period and Artists such as Gaudi and Robert Harrison inspire my practice at the large scale.

I use glazes to elevate clay and brick from their 'everyday' connotation into artwork through elaborate experimentation into colourful and lustrous surface qualities. Here, my deep love of Chemistry drives my fascination of creating unique glazes as if an alchemist in his laboratory turning lead into gold. I draw inspiration from the flambé glazes seen throughout the Ming Dynasty in the Jingdezhen region of China and also the work of the Ruskin Pottery.

I find inspiration almost everywhere, even in boring situations I can amuse myself by looking at how the light plays through the branches, contrast the colours in people's shirts or just doodle and make myself laugh. I particularly like old prints, artist books, children's illustrated story books, stained glass panels, animation design, and lots of illustrators / artists including –

Dolph Smith / Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz / Stephane Blanquet / Charles Burns / David B / Edward Gorey / Bridget Riley / Rob Ryan / Gary Larson / Frida Kahlo de Rivera / Maggie Taylor / Abram Games / Eric Fraser / John Piper / Andrea Dezso / David Hoffo / Jonathan Barnbrook / Osbert Lancaster / Karel Zeman

Travelling and exploring new places is my passion, and whenever I visit a new place the architecture inspires and enlightens the creativity within me. The architecture I experience pushes the boundaries of Physics to the limits with design, brilliance and purpose through the use of glass, wood and metal. My inspiration stretches from the new glass cities of London and Manchester, to New York and Chicago, and to the spiritual iconic Temples and Mosques of the East. These forms nourish design work, translating into 3D functional objects.

I see myself as a designer and maker and I am particularly enthused over the correlation of metal and glass. I am currently investigating this combo by producing elegant bespoke lighting forms, merging the unpredictable fluidity of blown glass with the technical rigidity of metal. Another current project takes my first hand experience of Russian architecture, focussing on St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow and the Church of the Saviour of the Spilt Blood, St Petersburg. Based on the finial dome forms I am creating a collection of stylised silver spice vessels, a notion has also led to me being awarded a Precious Metals bursary from Goldsmith's, London.

I am a contemporary silversmith, designer and maker who specialises in unique, high quality tableware pieces, made from precious metals. I incorporate the use of mixed materials in my work, particularly focusing on the blend of metals and natural products such as wood and slate. These combinations of material also provide a rich source of inspiration for my pieces.

My inspiration for design is also influenced by nature and natural form. I am particularly excited by the continuous shifting and changing that occurs as the cycle of nature's tides impact on the coastlines, literally shaping the world in which we live. I incorporate my love for vintage style into the work using retro inspired elements such as colour and pattern found on wallpapers and fabrics, often adding a modern twist in and around a contemporary setting.

My work is about a personal childhood narrative of loss. It is about the loss of my mother as a child and expresses the emotional consequence of this experience and my response to preserving her existence.

Associations, objects and memories relating to my mother gained significant value; I use the juxtaposition of ceramic, textile and found objects to create aesthetic and physical narratives which explore my emotional response to her loss. The forms and surface decoration reference my physical and emotional attachment to objects connected to my mother, expensive china and cheap holiday souvenirs locked in a cabinet, personal items of jewellery and the rich associations of her nurturing my childhood in the form of the tactile practices of sewing and knitting.

The processes I use are significant in the communication of the psychological consequence of my loss, harsh industrial processes of sandblasting and drilling, deconstructing, breaking down and then the peaceful process of stitching and knitting, connecting with my mother, repairing the damaged, restoring calm. I am inspired by the fabric works of Louise Bourgeois and can relate to the emotion expressed in her work, "My mother would sit out in the sun and repair a tapestry or petit point. She really loved it. This sense of reparation is very deep within me". Louise Bourgeois.

I use glass to create pieces which are inspired by my daily life. Currently I am influenced by nostalgia and Hipstamatic prints. I make large scale one-off intricate pieces of art, I also make smaller pieces such as my current work on a series of mixing bowls which can be mixed and matched according to your specific requirements. Using techniques such as glass blowing, casting and slumping I have created items which add a fun feel to your kitchen which may be used for both display and function. The shape and design makes my bowls easy to handle and the spout makes pouring your muffin mixture a piece of cake!

I am a mixed media designer/maker who is passionate about Japanese culture, and I express this through my ceramics. I combine thrown porcelain vessels with Japanese paper origami sculptures painted with porcelain slip, for use as tea and dinnerware. Origami fascinates me as a craft where a simple, unadulterated flat surface, using only precise folds, can become an amazing delicate 3D object. The challenge of the complex making process and the impermanence of the paper makes the outcomes appear completely improbable. I take a lot of inspiration from the work of Robert Lang and Suzuki Satoru. I also like to work in lots of other media, taking inspiration from everything from mechanics to macro images of plants. If I could model myself on anyone, I'd want to be the next Da Vinci!