Engraved and hand-blown plate. Winner of the glass department prize
at the 'Inspired by...'
exhibition at the V&A, July 2006
Peter's roundel
Flash glass engraved and sandblasted
Small bowl
The imagery represents a celebration of multiculturalism in the wake
of the London tragedies. The figures are based on asparas on a relief in
an Angkor Wat temple. Apsaras are minor goddesses in Hinduism who
'marry' celestial musicians. They were born during the Indian creation
myth of 'Churning the Ocean' for the ambrosia of immortality
12 cm d
Small plate
Crocodile seeking refuge in a clematis bower. This is a reflection on
asylum-seekers' experience of flight and refuge in another country.
Believing the raindrops falling on him to be stones, the crocodile takes
refuge in the river without realising that the rain is the water;
the droplets are the stones.
14 cm d
Large plate
Dancers. This won the John Davies
Memorial Award for best progress in cold decoration at the International
Glass Centre 2005.
