I am an early career stained glass conservator, who is passionate about working to preserve the UK's stained glass heritage. Before making the jump to conservation, I previously worked in administration, after completing a 1st class BSc in Philosophy and Physics at the University of Leeds. The scientific and project management skills developed during my early career have been extraordinarily useful in my current conservation practice. As well as conservation, I am also interested in the creation of new glass and hope to be able to focus more of my time on this in the future.
I am actively involved in the stained glass community and have been a committee member of the Institute of Conservation (ICON) Stained Glass Group since September 2024, taking up the role of Secretary in April of the same year. It's been a privilege to work collaboratively alongside the other committee members, and our 2025 conference at Canterbury, "Removed, Remodelled and Relocated," was a fantastic success.
Outside of glass, I enjoy a variety of crafts such as print-making, crochet and cross-stitch. I enjoy learning new things- I am a self-taught coder and coded this website from scratch. I also enjoy language learning, I speak ok French, very bad German and a smattering of Latin. I have a particular passion for polar exploration history and would love to visit the Arctic one day!
The artist at work.
November 2025 -
AuraVisions, Cambridge
Stained Glass Worker
I will shortly be starting work at Auravisions in late November. My responsibilities will include repairs, conservation, conservation reports, photography, new work and cleaning of leaded windows along with site work.
October 2025
Rainbow Glass Studios, Edinburgh
Work Experience
During a week's work experience at the studio, I worked on the Mayer of Munich windows from St Mary's, Lochee. Alongside the studio team, I worked to clean, edge-bond and repair panel leads; I also practised my quarry glazing.
September 2024 - December 2024
Borthwick Institute, University of York
Archival Conservation Volunteer
Working alongside the resident archive conservator I was trained in basic preventative conservation techniques such as repacking architectural plans in appropriate packaging, making up boxes and folders for vulnerable collections (letters and slides), opening and cleaning 19th century wills for digitisation and packaging boxed object collections for long-term storage.
June 2024 - August 2024
Kölner Dombauhütte, Cologne, Germany
MA Placement
Working on the medieval glass of Cologne Cathedral was an absolute treat. During this placement I cleaned and repaired a 13th centurt clerestory panel, painted some tracery pieces for the new Helena window and conducted a small research project into medieval lead construction.
September 2023 - September 2025
University of York
MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management
As part of a career change from administration, the MA was the start of my love affair with stained glass. During my studies I was awarded schoalrship from both the Anna Plowden and a Zibby Garnett trusts. My research interests includes material culture and late-Victorian/Edwardian stained glass; my final dissertation looked at the relationship between glassmaking and stained glass in the Arts and Crafts period.
October 2022
West Dean College and British Library
Damaged Books and Bound Archives: Practical First Steps
While considering a career change to conservation, I enrolled on this day course to gain a better understanding of conservation as a profession. The course included identification of different types of damage and recognition of the causes, plus simple steps for minimising damage, understanding appropriate treatment options and decision-making for remedial treatment.
