Rachael is an experienced glassmaker who has successfully combined a career as a designer for the glass industry with her personal explorations of this extraordinary material. She completed her first degree in Stoke on Trent followed by training in Sweden and Denmark before completing her MA at the Royal College of Art. Working as principal designer at Dartington Glass throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, she honed her design skills and fine tuned her ability to collaborate with glassblowers to realise her ideas. First-hand knowledge of how the material behaves and her presence during the blowing process enables her to directly influence how each piece evolves.

Since they met as undergraduates, she has collaborated closely with master glassblower, Neil WIlkin, and their partnership has been, and continues to be, highly creative.

Rachael’s inspiration is an internal spiritual journey. Drawing on her love of glass and its extraordinary qualities, and influenced by her Christian faith, she explores concepts of what it means to be human in the presence of the divine, producing contemplative works that invite the viewer to spend time with them.

Her titles reflect the dreams that influence the work - Offering; Watchmen; Safe Within; - words alluding to themes of being held, safely, on life’s journeys. The collections of small intimate objects within a larger form are carefully considered; each piece reflects the uniqueness of individuals, bound by a presence greater than themselves.

Rachael Woodman has been working with glass for over forty years. She studied at The Royal College of Art, and has work in collections including the V&A, Fitzwilliam Museum, Corning Glass Museum and the Crafts Council. Rachael’s work has been exhibited extensively around the world, and she has had solo exhibitions in the UK and across Europe. Her work is phenomenally collectable and demonstrates a purity and concern for simplicity of line along with an acute awareness of colour.

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