Craft
Nature
#flowers
#glass
#Jessica Saunders
#sculpture
#stained glass
Images by Alice Walker. All pictures © Jessica Saunders, shared with permission
“Flowers are connecting, grounding, uplifting, therapeutic, and price treasuring,” says Essex-based artist Jessica Saunders, whose delicate stained glass sculptures spotlight an array of acquainted and beloved blooms. From daffodils and poppies to cornflowers and hydrangeas, her items rejoice the cyclical nature of the seasons and the unbelievable vary of specimens in each our backyards and the wild.
For Saunders, inspiration comes from her personal backyard and walks outdoors along with her canine Bramble, observing the gradual adjustments in blossoms and foliage all year long. She additionally builds upon tales individuals share along with her about particular flowers that evoke recollections of others or locations they’ve visited, which might be captured in glass as an eternal reminder.
Saunders started working with stained glass in 2020 when her associate gifted her a newbies’ information to the apply. “I instantly fell head over heels in love with the method,” the artist tells Colossal. “It felt pure to make use of my fingers this fashion, and understanding all of the totally different strategies got here simply.” She loved the challenges and potentialities of the medium, intrigued by its colours, textures, and transparency, along with its potential to be endlessly recycled.
Whereas preserving private recollections or observations, Saunders can also be serving to to maintain a heritage craft alive. Stained glass “takes time and care; it may well’t be rushed,” she says. “Each bit has constructive intentions soldered, floor, and burnished into them.”
Saunders is presently engaged on her Summer season Assortment, scheduled for launch across the solstice in June, which is able to embody honeysuckle, rudbeckia, candy peas, hollyhocks, strawberries, and extra. Discover extra on the artist’s web site, and observe updates on Instagram.
#flowers
#glass
#Jessica Saunders
#sculpture
#stained glass
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