Currently - Spring 2026 - I am developing a range of fused glass pieces which are both decorative and functional. Each piece is made in Shrewsbury using high quality glass. I think I can describe myself as a time-served craftsman with an artistic appreciation, having studied and worked with glass over a 30 year period. This work will be formally launched on an unsuspecting world later this year; quality will be assured.
My glass journey started late in the late 1980s when I became interested in the beauty of stained glass art in Britain and Germany. I studied at Shrewsbury Art School in 1992, attended Summer school with David Wasley, and later when free to do so, at the International Glass Centre in Brierley Hill from 2007 and then part-time until its closure in 2009. The accompanying photo of a panel - "Ploughman of the Moon" a piece completed while at Brierley Hill - demonstrates my ability to work artistically with glass. I became fascinated with hot glass and in 2010 co-founded Stourbridge Glassblowing Studio in the refurbished Ruskin Glass Centre in Amblecote, Stourbridge. No longer a partner in the Studio, I decided to turn my attention to working with fused glass. I look forward to showing the results in the VAN Gallery shortly.
email: frickerpj@yahoo.co.uk