Ruth Shelley

Ruth Shelley is an award-Winning Glass Artist whose interest is colour, especially how it is affected by shape, form, and pattern. She is especially interested in the control of flow of glass when heated.

Ruth comes from a background of Textiles, although has been working with glass for over twenty years. She has attended many masterclasses including North Lands Creative Glass, UK and Bullseye Resource Centre, USA which enabled her to develop and experiment with shape, form and colour.  Ruth won the ‘Glass Sellers’ Award at the British Glass Biennale 2015 and her artwork has appeared regularly in ‘Crafts’ and Crafts International. She has received many awards form the Welsh Arts Council and is a member of the Contemporary Glass Society and the Makers Guild of Wales. Her can be seen work in many UK galleries including London Glassblowing and Contemporary Applied Art.

Photo credits: Haydn Denman & Ruth Shelley