Carnelian Crafts

Stylised lines of flowers blowing in the wind look beautiful on a window sill and there is no watering to do. The original waves have been developed to designs on functional glass. Glass comes from sand and this is the inspiration for this collection. When I was walking along the beach with Fiachra I noticed how the light caught all the sparkly bits of shell and pebble that sat on the tide line. My children describe me as a craftaholic! In my former life as a Social Worker I used craft as a way to unwind.

I did everything from card making, rubber stamping, silk painting, glass painting, papermaking, candle making, machine knitting, jewellery making, the list is endless and the evidence is in my cupboard under the stairs! Then in 2002 I bought a glass cutter and a whole new world opened up. I became fascinated by glass when I first met my late husband Neil and spent time at his company Perthshire Paperweights.