Sally Mcrae

I love to be creative and when the opportunity arose to do something different with my life I wanted to combine my creativity with my geeky technical brain. I’ve always loved glass, particularly the reflections you get from the sun shining through garden art and in 2019, after attending two one day basic glass fusing workshops I bought my first kiln. There are so many things to make, different techniques to learn, firing schedules to understand and develop, the possibilities for experimentation are endless.

I work mainly with fused glass but also dabble a bit with glass mosaics, and have an interest in combining glass with other mediums. I use copper piping in my garden art but have ambitions to develop my metal work skills in the near future to make unusual ornate frames for my glass. My style is mainly abstract and I always strive to come up with designs that are original.

I often wake up in the middle of the night with my head buzzing with ideas and no chance of getting back to sleep – sometimes my night time ideas translate into lovely pieces and sometimes they don’t! The great thing about fusible glass is that failed experiments can be recycled into new things so there is no waste.