Crafts CouncilDirectoryEffie Burns GlassForaged FindsAboutAs the seasons unfold I find myself continually collecting things. I enjoy working with the alchemic and ancient properties of glass to distil nature into something else. The natural world continues to inform my practice in surprising new ways. I have become invested in the slow meditative practices of growing, tending, foraging and harvesting. I use traditional skills like casting, gilding and engraving to create contemporary sculptural objects and jewellery Effie Burns GlassWhitby, EnglandFairy AppleGilded Conker, Ceri OakesA process image of me gilding a cast glass conker. In 2019 I received a Developing Your Creative Practice grant and worked with a master gilder to learn this technique.A Collectors Cabinet, Ceri OakesA collection of cast glass botanical specimens from an oak tree. The collection includes marble oak galls, acorns and a gilded oak twig.Tower Series, Ceri OakesA tower of botanical specimens cast from the originals foraged in Whitby, including an acorn gilded in 23.5 carat gold, a young conker and a crab apple.Foraged FindsAboutAs the seasons unfold I find myself continually collecting things. I enjoy working with the alchemic and ancient properties of glass to distil nature into something else. The natural world continues to inform my practice in surprising new ways. I have become invested in the slow meditative practices of growing, tending, foraging and harvesting. I use traditional skills like casting, gilding and engraving to create contemporary sculptural objects and jewellery Effie Burns GlassWhitby, EnglandFairy AppleA Collectors Cabinet, Ceri OakesA collection of cast glass botanical specimens from an oak tree. The collection includes marble oak galls, acorns and a gilded oak twig.Gilded Conker, Ceri OakesA process image of me gilding a cast glass conker. In 2019 I received a Developing Your Creative Practice grant and worked with a master gilder to learn this technique.Tower Series, Ceri OakesA tower of botanical specimens cast from the originals foraged in Whitby, including an acorn gilded in 23.5 carat gold, a young conker and a crab apple.More from Effie Burns GlassProjectUndercover SeriesProject'Forest I'Project'Deer'ProjectBox of DelightsProjectCasketProjectEarthly Treasures