Maureen Charles
Portfolios
Jewellery - Fused Glass and Silver
I've been making glass and silver jewellery, necklaces, earrings, bracelets and brooches. I use coloured and transparent glass, fuse it with Dichroic glass and fine silver, and use sterling silver mounts and fixings.
I'm aiming to use colour and sparkle to lift, glisten, dazzle and effect mood enhancing change. After all what is jewellery for?
Lustred dishes - tiny delicacies
Chandelier Style Earrings 2020
I was inspired to make these earrings after a glimpse of a shape, a curiosity to see whether I might be able to make something like that shape with fused glass.
COS Windows 2020 4/5 July,
These are the glass pictures I hung in the my upstairs windows 1st weekend. Please message me if you would like to see more details.
COS Windows Weekend 11 / 12 July 2020
Here are images of platters showing in my upstairs windows. This weekend between 12noon and 3pm I will be showing my glass in Maureen Mace's front garden at 309 Milton Road, Cambridge.
COS Windows Weekend 18/19 July 2020
These four pictures include two images credit to Paul Klee, his "Sinbad" and "Man on a Tightrope" as well as my own creation "Red Horse Running" and with a nod to Franz Marc "Blue Horse".
COS Windows Weekend 25/26 July
Just a few of my favourites in the window this weekend.
New work ready for Open Studios - weekends 2 & 3 @ the Pit Building
Really looking forward to showing my new work at the Pitt Building this summer. So many new things to take.
Jellyfish Earrings - a journey
My Events
Haddenham Arts Centre Handmade Art Market
12 Jun 2021 - 10:00 to 16:00
Handmade Art in the fabulous garden Marquee at the famous Haddenham Arts Centre.
Rural Magpie Jewellery Fair
2 Nov 2019 - 10:00 to 16:00
Jewellery Fair at Great Chesterford
Ickworth Decorative Glass Fair
15 Sep 2019 - 10:30 to 17:00
A new Glass Fair for East Anglia at Ickworth House, Suffolk
Jewellery Fair - Great Chesterford
10 Nov 2018 - 10:00 to 16:00
The Fabulous Rural Magpie Jewellery Fair
Hadstock Easter Bazaar
24 Mar 2018 - 10:00 to 16:00
Hadstock Easter Bazaar
Mill Road Winter Fair,
3 Dec 2016 - 10:30 to 16:00
Mill Road Winter Fair,
July Open Studios
Cambridge Open Studios 2021
glass, fused glass, painted glass
Fused glass, I'm making jewellery, pictures, vessels but often something else entirely. I'm exploring, learning, surprised & delighted with glass.
I studied at Ravensbourne Art College, then 3D Design at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University) where I first blew glass. A lifetime of creativity later, I find I’m again working with glass. As with all artists my best work is the result of a hard negotiation between my concept and the resistance of the material. A bonus is that sparky moment of unanticipated fit between the countless parts I create.
Glass is an endlessly versatile medium that I take joy and delight in. I buy sheets of flat glass, cut shapes, assemble and fire to fuse. I work with fused glass and silver to make jewellery. I fuse glass and add detail with traditional stained glass painting techiques to make pictures. I cut glass and wrap the edges with copper and solder to make window decorations.
A member of the Contemporary Glass Society, I also take commissions. Please get in touch if you are interested.
My glass work is stocked at:
Haddenham Gallery Shop at the Haddenham Arts Centre in Haddenham Nr Ely Cambridgeshire
Museum Shop at the Museum of Cambridge Castle Hill Cambridge CB3 0AQ
For recent work see Instagram: maureen.charles.52
Etsy Shop : https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MPJArtGlass
Also online at Haddenham Arts Centre shop : www.haddenhamartscentre.org.uk
and in the jewellery section of the online shop at www.ruralmagpie.co.uk
In 2021 I will be:
10 & 11 July and 17 & 18 July - from 11.00am to 6.00pmCOS Open Studios at the Pitt Building, Trumpington Street - 2nd and 3rd weekends
24 & 25 July 10.00am - 4.00pm COS Open Studios at Haddenham Arts Centre, Haddenham, Nr Ely CB6 3XA - 4th weekend
13/14 November - 10.00am to 4.00pm Rural Magpie Jewellery Fair at Great Chesterton Community Centre, Newmarket Rd, Great Chesterford CB10 1NS
20 November – 10.00am to 4.00pm Rural Magpie Jewellery Fair at Foakes Hall, Stortford, Great Dunmow, CM6 1DG