Meet the maker

I’m Isla, the maker behind Wearing Glass. From my Auckland studio I create handmade lampwork glass jewellery, shaping molten glass with a blowtorch to make colourful, organic earrings, necklaces and rings inspired by the world around me.

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Accretions

I've been quietly experimenting with pumice over the past month or so, exploring ideas that might eventually find their way into a larger body of work.

Pumice fascinates me because it is essentially a type of volcanic glass. During an eruption, molten rock becomes filled with gas bubbles and expands into a lightweight, porous material. It feels strange to think of it as glass, but in many ways it is.

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