Gaynor Ranshaw - ‘This Fragile World - Rivers Flowing’

26cm x 24cm x 9cm

Kiln formed glass frit

Gaynor Ranshaw is an artist working with glass in an improvisational manner that she likens to that of a jazz musician. Gaynor sets the parameters for each piece, laying down the boundaries of use of colour, depth & texture. She experiments with glass and metal content to develop different reactions embracing some & rejecting others. 

Gaynor uses a variety of forms to create sculptural vessels that have an organic and sometimes fractured form.
I am fortunate to live and work on the Scottish Coast where the light and weather are constantly changing, surrounded by wonderful flora & fauna this is the fundamental inspiration for all of my work.
The beauty of our planet is constantly threatened & subsequently very fragile and I intend that my work should convey this fragility and its heroic survival.