Deborah Timperley

Over the last 2 decades I have explored many ways of working with glass and different imagery. I’m focusing more now on cast glass. Here are images of two of my favourite ways of working. The glass sculptures ‘Constructed walls’ explore the beauty of stone bridges, harbour walls, dry stone walling and rocky outcrops.

The compositions are evocative of the landscape and suggest rocks and stones placed harmoniously together, contrasting defined edges with the softness of adjacent vegetation. The blocks of colour echo the surrounding landscape, water and sky. They have a sense of place and atmosphere.

The textured cast bowls are another method I have developed and evolved. The surface is created using highly textured fabrics. The juxtaposition of surface marks such as the weave, frayed edges or structural folds of deeply ribbed fabrics create the composition.

My most recent bowls feature smaller elements which I fire and then incorporate them in a second firing to make my abstract flower and berry bowls. My bowls are often highlighted with 23.5ct gold or gold lustre to create a beautiful centrepiece. All the pieces are one offs – the mould is broken away.

Alongside my cast work I also make fused glass – bowls, mirrors, panels – it’s a very flexible method. I teach glass fusing courses at my workshop; please contact me for a leaflet.