Evelyn Baxter – Oxfordshire Artweeks

Evelyn Baxter – portfolio

Fused glass artist Evelyn Baxter leaning over her workbench, placing a piece of grey fused glass into her design for a midnight glass picture.

Evelyn Baxter: A square image showing thin strands of wavy blue glass in various shades interwoven to make a flowing fabric effect. One strand of red goes through the bottom of the design and the ends of the pieces of glass flow outside the frame.

Evelyn Baxter: A group of fused glass necklaces in various shades of blue arranged in a circle.

Evelyn Baxter: A large pale blue fused glass bowl. The shades of blue are within clear glass and flow to a central point creating a starburst effect.

Evelyn Baxter: A large fused glass circle on a curved metal and wooden stand. The glass circle is a picture of a night time landscape with a silver moon in a dark, mottled blue sky, over green hills and white snowdrops. Skeletons of black winter trees frame the silver moon.

Evelyn Baxter: Three fused glass vases standing on a workbench. The first is in shades of red, the second in browns and greens and the third in blues. All the vases have vertical stretched patterns.

Evelyn Baxter: A large scarlet and blue fused glass bowl. The scarlet pattern frames the edge of the bowl and forms flower shapes within it. The blue colour forms the background.

Evelyn Baxter: A range of small fused glass summer wreaths to hang in a window. Each one has green foliage with either white and pink or yellow flowers. Each wreath has a flower or a butterfly at the bottom and hangs on a green organza ribbon.

Evelyn Baxter: A large, square fused glass plate. The glass is clear with flashes of pink and green with thin black lines across its surface.

Contact the artist

https://www.eviebglass.co.uk

eviebglass[at]btinternet.com

Exhibition information

Glass fusing for me is all about the ability to capture light within coloured glass and this is what you will see in my exhibition. It is what keeps me coming back again and again to explore the different techniques that make it possible. If you hold a piece of art glass up to the light the effect is magical and entrancing. The effects created using different colours and textures seem to be almost living and it is this that I am always striving to capture and refine.

It is all about light.

I am inspired by the things I see out of my studio window and in my local environment. The light, capturing passing moments of colour from the garden, landscapes and water and the delicacy of flowers. I aim to permanently preserve the transience of rural landscapes, garden flowers and rippling streams in glass form.

My basic process is to cut shapes from sheets of coloured glass and lay these on a clear background. I then enhance these shapes to build up an image using powered glass and tiny chips of glass called frit. Once I am happy with my design, I then heat it in my kiln to between 750° C and 800° C which melts all the pieces together and makes them become one. Once the kiln is back to room temperature, I put the piece back in on a ceramic mould and fuse it again to shape it. This is called slumping because the glass drops and slumps into the shape of the mould. There are so many variations on this technique that I am constantly challenged to see how I can manipulate the flow of the glass in a new way.

Artist information

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting for my own pleasure and now I use a glass kiln to fuse as well. I have been exploring this medium for about eight years, since I took part in a summer school and was immediately hooked. I loved the way the glass melted to create soft images but maintained its strength of colour. Now I have my own cosy garden studio to work in which gives me the freedom to explore new ideas and designs.

My work is also on show in Church Lane Gallery (Number 244 in the brochure) in Banbury OX16 5LT. We are a cooperative of around 20 local artists and so it is a great place to see a range of art from this region even when it isn’t Artweeks! The gallery is open Wednesdays to Saturdays, 10am to either 3 or 4pm all year round. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @churchlanegallery to see what we do.

I will also be exhibiting during Warwickshire Open Studios (no 86 in the brochure) at Wren Hall in Wroxall, CV35 7NF between Thursday 2nd and Saturday 4th July 2026. For more information you can subscribe to my newsletter on my website www.eviebglass.co.uk I promise not to drown you in emails but will only send out a few each year to let you know where I will be exhibiting. Or you can follow me on Instagram or Facebook @eviebglass.

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