About

Una uses a kiln to fuse and slump powdered and sheet glass to create 3-dimensional objects as a way of exploring things she's interested in, predominantly nature, psychology and science.

She seeks to explore the relationship between humans and nature and deepen her understanding of the natural world and her relationship with it.

Una's fascinated by the colours, opacity and the transmittance of light through glass and is interested in how she might convey symbolism through marks, textures, colours and forms. She enjoys grappling with contrasts, from scale to colour, time and place, looking at the granular detail and how it relates to the broader context. 

Una began working with glass in 2018 at the Glasgow School of Art on a twelve-week evening course. She learned the basics of glass fusing and slumping. Una attended the course again in 2018, building on the skills she had learned the previous year. 

In 2019, after gaining a Postgraduate Certificate in wildlife biology and conservation Una decided to launch a business making glass arts and crafts which launched in 2020. But in 2022 Una decided to change direction in glass, moving away from making identical pieces in batches towards creating more unique, one-off pieces in kiln-formed glass.

Within six months Una exhibited her first collection titled Deja Vu which was inspired by the concept of multiple universes, using ideas of string theory and m-theory used in physics. Deja Vu was exhibited at the gallery Artisan& in Aberfeldy from 15/10/22-24/12/22.

In 2023 Una is working on releasing three collections, beginning with Sorrel, a collection inspired by wood sorrel, oxalis acetosella which will be released in late Spring. 

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