Inspiration for my work is drawn from the world around me, people, architecture, details from nature, colour, pattern and texture. I explore these observations through glass fusing, intricately cutting and layering float glass, drawing and collaging with natural materials, wire and coloured glass to create both abstracted and figurative imagery, which is then fired in a kiln.

I go on to combine the fused glass elements with sandblasted glass or mirror panels, to create wall mounted 3-dimensional artworks.

My artworks evolve through experimentation, the play of different materials against each other to create line, colour and texture, expressing motion and depth through reflection and layering, drawing the viewer into the picture to explore. I am interested by the interrelation of wall-hung artworks and windows framing the view of the natural and man-made world. The idea that an image, a thought, a moment in time is bound within an actual or implied framework.

Working with kiln formed glass allows me the freedom to draw on the broad range of skills developed during my career in the Commercial Interiors and Graphic Design industry with my love of Fine Art, to design and produce artworks that become integral to a domestic or public space.

Nicola Ransom 2006

Inspiration for Nicola Ransom's work is drawn from the world around her, people, architecture, details from nature, colour, pattern and texture. Her current work draws more specifically on ideas relating to place, intimacy and sanctuary, exploring human thought and emotion and our connection to the places we inhabit for contemplation, reflection or inspiration. These concepts are explored, primarily, through her work with kiln formed glass, intricately cutting and layering float glass, drawing and collaging with natural materials, wire and coloured glass to create both figurative and abstracted imagery. She then goes on to combine the fused glass elements with sandblasted glass or mirror panels, to create wall mounted 3-dimensional artworks. Nicola has a fascination with layering. The layering of ideas and their meanings along with the layering of materials and techniques creates a body of work that demands both a visual and a philosophical investigation. Nicola plays with the concepts of positive and negative, projection and reflection, drawing the viewer into the picture to explore. She is interested by the interrelation of wall-hung artworks and windows framing the view of the natural and man-made world. The idea that an image, a thought, a moment in time is bound within an actual or implied framework. Nicola's work is held in private and corporate collections worldwide.

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