User talk:Vealeartis

Mary R Veale :mixed media artist .installation see maryvealeblogspot .comwwwgrenoblelife .com mary veale BORN KILKENNY IRELAND :foundation Exeter college devon 1983/ BA bachelor of design glass /ceramics 1986  Sunderland college of art under directorship of Gooran Warff, Masters in Fine ARTS NORTHUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY ?Newcastle upon Tyne UK. Working in  Grenoble, France  since 1996.

I have worked with glass qualifying from the National glass centre ,Sunderland University uk Following my Masters in Fine arts in Northumberland University I set up my first studio in Newcastle at 36 Lime street Ouseburn wwarehouse workshop one of the first co operatives in the uk we were awarded the Princes Trust award for innovation presented by Princess Charles. I moved to Grenoble France in 1996 with my husband and three daughters setting up my second studio in an old military fort build during the war by Vuaban. My work has been influenced by literature Irish and French and English and also in more recent times climate change. Glass is perfect as a meterial to express so many ideas and concepts its properties of fragility ,transparency ,breakability and ability to be moulded are explored in my works .I create installations with kiln formed glass and mixed media.