Maker in Residence: Joshua Kerley

This autumn, glass artist Joshua Ker­ley will join us for a two week res­id­ency in our Strat­ford workshop.

Dur­ing this time, Joshua will be fir­ing up our fuse kiln, exper­i­ment­ing with new glass forms and shar­ing his extens­ive expert­ise with foam glass and the ancient kiln-cast­ing tech­nique of pâte de verre

Joshua is known for push­ing the aes­thet­ics of glass, allow­ing the mater­i­al to imit­ate and adopt oth­er struc­tur­al qual­it­ies whilst tak­ing inspir­a­tion from semi-pre­cious stones, metals and ceram­ics. Through play­ing with per­cep­tion and using com­bin­a­tion of tra­di­tion­al and exper­i­ment­al kiln-glass tech­niques, Joshua’s work goes bey­ond the con­ven­tion­al asso­ci­ations of glass, allow­ing the mater­i­al itself to guide his pieces phys­ic­al qualities.

Joshua Ker­ley is an award-win­ning artist, design­er and edu­cat­or spe­cial­ising in kiln-glass. He holds a BA in Con­tem­por­ary Crafts from Fal­mouth Uni­ver­sity and an MA in Ceram­ics & Glass from the Roy­al Col­lege of Art, Lon­don, and his work has fea­tured in inter­na­tion­al exhib­i­tions, includ­ing the Brit­ish Glass Bien­nale 2026, and pub­lic­a­tions Crafts Magazine and Neues Glas. He was a Seni­or Lec­turer and Act­ing Pro­gramme Dir­ect­or at the Uni­ver­sity for the Cre­at­ive Arts (2019 – 2026), and con­tin­ues to teach inter­na­tion­ally while work­ing from his stu­dio in rur­al Wilt­shire, UK.

How to get involved:

Inter­ested in learn­ing more about the trans­form­at­ive nature of Glass? 

• Apply to join the Foam Glass Mas­ter­class here.

• Apply to join the Pâte de Verre Mas­ter­class here.

• Apply for a Strat­ford-based con­sulta­tion here.

• Drop into our Strat­ford space to chat with Josh and see the res­ults of his res­id­ency on Wed­nes­day 25^th Novem­ber between 15:30 – 17:00. Book your free tick­et here.

Find out more about Joshua here:

• Web­site
• Ins­tagram

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