Step behind the display and into the making space on a guided tour of the
Cindy Poole Glass Artist gallery and studio. See the design process, tools and
skills that go into kiln-fired glass art, and gain a closer look at the
thinking behind the work.

Along the way:

• Hear how Cindy, a former PE teacher, founded her studio in 1995, and the techniques and design thinking that define her work.

  
  

• Discover the inspiration, design concepts and making behind the Esperance Whale Tail, the foreshore sculpture and exhibition work.

  
  

• Find out whether the glass Polka Dot Bikini and Glass Mermaid Leather dress are wearable.

  
  

• See how familiar glass, like a wine bottle, is reworked in the kiln into something new, with its origin still part of the story.

  
  

“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be beautiful or believe
to be useful.” William Morris

“I work with glass because it holds light the way memory holds
feeling—subtle, shifting, and never quite the same twice.”

“Each piece begins with a material that already carries a story. My job is
to discover what it can become—something refined, made to last, and worthy of
a place in someone’s life.”

Cindy Poole, Glass Artist