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Exhausted, Inspired and Very Happy Opening your studio to the public sounds wonderfully simple: display your artwork, open the door and welcome people inside. In reality, preparing for an open studio event involves weeks of planning, making, cleaning, photographing, labelling, pricing and rearranging, followed by more rearranging when you decide that nothing is quite in the right place. This year, it took me more than a month to prepare. By the end of the event, I was complet

Creating glass art is an energy-intensive process. Kilns must reach high temperatures and often run for many hours, so it would be misleading to describe kiln-formed glass as entirely environmentally friendly. However, there are many ways to reduce waste, use resources more carefully and create artwork more thoughtfully. As a glass artist based in Hanwell, Ealing, I am continually looking for practical ways to make my practice more sustainable—from the electricity powering my