The objects I make are abstract forms based on a combination of biological and technological data & imagery. The ideas can come from surfing the internet or reading a book on genetics. Usually I conceive an idea and then translate it into glass, but occasionally a form will dictate the outcome . Often I use a rounded wheel form for pieces. The wheel, to me, signifies motion - movement - going forward and progressing. The shape is also cellular and soft, the fragile material containing a wealth of information which we are made of. The barcode is used to represent either our DNA or technology. Have you ever noticed how similar a genetic fingerprint is to a barcode!

Scientific advances have developed at an astonishing rate over recent years, both in technology and microbiology. Scientists have moved ever closer to unravelling the mysteries of our genetic make-up, or DNA. Technology has moved so fast that we now communicate, globally, at the press of a button. It seems that everything is getting faster and more compact.

It is these breakthrough's, along with our increased understanding of genetics, medicine and biology, coupled with the incredible complexities of computer technology, including the rapidly developing Nano-technology, which inspires my work.

Why? because it is exciting, challenging, frightening, unpredictable, bold, and adventurous, and because it affects us all now or will do in the near future.