Artist Bio
Maggie Napier is a glass artist, jewellery maker and workshop facilitator based in County Down. Between graduating with a degree in Design and a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Art, she lived in Rome where an interest in ancient glass, archaeology and ornamentation evolved. Her work is in the collection of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and has most recently been exhibited as part of the International Festival of Glass, Biot, France.
She uses a hot glass process known as ‘Lampwork’ or ‘Flamework’ which involves melting and sculpting individual glass rods in a torch flame to create her unique glass components. 24k gold leaf and silver rich reactive glass are often used in conjunction with richly coloured Murano glass to explore themes of preciousness and fragility. Her work combines an abstract, tactile, organic aesthetic with an appreciation of the historical role of glass beads as talisman, exchange and currency.
