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Sharon Foley

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Kiln formed glass and mixed media
Lockdown walks are invigorating and inspirational. Striding through the woods I look, I see, I feel, I question. “What would that look like if it was made from glass?” I challenge myself to translate observation into vitreous transparency. Light passes through and bounces off glass revealing a magical honesty.

The creative process is a puzzle and a challenge. How can I transform an idea into an artwork? I often start, then walk away for a while, rethinking concepts and revising the strategy for working with this unforgiving material, convincing myself that it won’t matter so much if I progress to the next stage and it goes wrong in the kiln. Sometimes I get asked, “How’s your glass going?” or it is suggested that “you haven’t ‘done’ much glass recently,” as if I have to produce something tangible. That’s pressure.

​Actually, I think about it a great deal. Creativity is a thought process as well as a practice but there is an expectation of an output. Back to my walks. I cherish being outside and am happy to live where I live in the Forest of Dean. My art is the product of an entanglement of life and a creative imagination.
Contact Details
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Part of the farOpen Studios Art Trail 2-10 July 2022
Sharon is showing her work at TKB Presses at Studio 56, see the Open Studios 2022 Trail Map + Brochure
​Severn Side Press 
High Street
Newnham-on-Severn 
GL14 1AA
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Tel: 07733300145
Email: ​sharon_foley_glass@hotmail.com
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​Website Design by Monique Oliver Art and Design - Contents Manager ​Uschi Arens Price
  • HOME
  • 2022 Trail Map + Brochure
  • Scenic trail routes to help you plan
  • ARTISTS/MAKERS
  • Workshops offered
    • Art Workshops with Charlotte Keating
    • Crafting Projects
    • Drawing and Painting
    • Glass
    • Jewellery Making
    • Kiln Fired Enamelling
    • Printmaking
    • Stone Carving
    • Wool Sculpture/ Needle Felting
    • Workshops at May Hill Village Hall Projects
  • About
  • How to join
  • Contact
  • ARTISTS/MAKERS LIST
    • 18 The Basement
    • &bookishbooks
    • Abigail Bury
    • Alan Christopher
    • Ali Edgson
    • Ali Tregaskes Jewellery
    • Angela Peryer Thread Painter
    • Anita Louise Davies
    • Anna Fine Jewellery
    • Anne Dione Bulley
    • Anne Maliphant
    • Annie Brennan Textile Art
    • Antony Dufort
    • Art@Oaktree - Sarah McHale
    • Art and Soul Evolution- Leah Marshall (Robinson)
    • Art by Monique Oliver
    • Art by Philip Stockley
    • Art By Sharon
    • Birgitta Engel
    • Black Cat Glass Designs
    • Blantons Designs
    • Bruce Allan
    • Byefield Emporium
    • Carmen & Stuart Rooksby
    • Carolyn Black
    • Cat's Eye Carving
    • Ceramics by Karen Tacey
    • Charlotte Keating FINE ART
    • Chris Champness - Fluffystuff
    • Chris Lewis Jewellery Design
    • Christina MacDonald
    • Christine Smyth
    • Christine Waygood Contemporary Textiles
    • Claire McKnight - OnTharHill
    • Darragh Hewat
    • David Broadbent and FoD&Wye Photoschool
    • Deborah Harrison Sculpture
    • Deborah Phelps-Gane
    • DelARTful Designs by Sarah Delahoy
    • Di Weissberg Printed Up
    • Dirk Van Der Meyden
    • Dorota Rapacz
    • Doug Eaton
    • Elaine Fowke Paintings
    • Eleanor Kercher
    • Elizabeth Heather Engel
    • farOpen at Highview
    • farOpen at Dean Heritage Centre
    • Fellows Framing
    • Frances Warren - Arts in the Marches
    • Friday Lawrence
    • Funky Pheasant Felting
    • Furzie
    • Gaby Devitt Woven Textiles
    • Garden Shed Textiles
    • Georgie Dowling
    • Gina Nell creates
    • Grace Engel Arts
    • Grahame Morgan-Watson
    • Helen Crawford
    • Humble Bee Beauty - Laura Grey
    • Impsandthings
    • Issi Lammas
    • Jackie Poulter
    • Jane Foot
    • Jane Jones
    • Jane Simmonds
    • Jane Spray
    • Jeanette Hannaby Enamel Artist
    • Jennie Blunt
    • Jenny Jop
    • Jess Rayson
    • Jo Snowdon
    • John Hickman
    • John Slater
    • Karen Simmons
    • Kate Baugh
    • Kathy Priddis Pots & Paintings
    • Katie Sanderson, Enamel Artist
    • Laura Nicholson
    • Leigh Sladen Glass
    • Linda Passey
    • Lindsay Reid Art
    • Lisa Dear Artworks
    • Little Orchard Studios
    • Lizzie Godden
    • Lorna Hitchens
    • Lorna Olivia Neilson
    • Louise Pilditch​
    • Love the Lampshade
    • Made in Ross
    • Mariette
    • Mary Edwards
    • Mary Elizabeth Deaville
    • Megan Pugh Art
    • Melanie Clarke
    • Michael Donnelly
    • Michael Lawrence
    • MissFire
    • Mollie Meager
    • Myra Fricker
    • Niki Kent
    • Novvy Allan
    • Pam Morgan
    • Patricia Homewood
    • Patsy Hodgkinson
    • Paula Brady
    • Rachel Lewis
    • Rachel Shilston - Inspiring Creativity
    • Rebecca Thomson Weissbort
    • Refunked & Fabulous
    • Rosie Callinan Mosaics and Garden Art
    • Sally Tottle
    • Sara Rickard
    • Sara Ulyatt
    • Sarah Freer
    • Sarah Rich Harrison
    • Sarah Trenchard
    • Sculpture for Public Sites
    • Sew Forest of Dean
    • Sharon Foley
    • Sharon Harvey
    • Sheila Tweed @ Waterway Studio
    • Steve Freer
    • Sue Haverly
    • Susan White
    • Tara Slater - TLSKiwi
    • The Garden Cafe
    • The Little Gallery in the Forest
    • The Yard Print Studio
    • Thingamajigs - Jan Matthews
    • TKB Presses
    • Uschi Arens Price
    • Watercolour Puddles
    • William Robson Glass Artist
    • Wobage Makers Gallery
    • Casey Art
    • Graham Wilde
    • Sally Grant