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In 1980 I went to the North Staffordshire Polytechnic to study Ceramics. I loved the material but being of an impatient nature I was getting frustrated with the length of time that the process took. Next door was the studio glass workshop. It was a hot noisy and an exciting place to be, but most importantly the process was immediate. A piece could be made one day and got out of the kiln the following day to start cold working on.

I tried to fight my growing interest in the medium but eventually had to give in. Here began my affair with hot glass. The techniques were hard to learn and at times it seemed an impossible task to acquire the enough technical skills not to inhibit my creativity but not to become so bogged down in technique that the work would become static and lifeless. I loved the energy of glass.

On finishing my degree I went to the heart of the British glass industry, Dudley near Stourbridge in the Midlands. Here I did a traditional course on glass making which gave me my own skills that I needed to really start making my own work. In 1984 I had finished my education and knew I wanted my own studio but I had no experience so I spent the next three years working in as many studios around the country that I could. This was invaluable as life is very different outside the safety of college.

By 1987 I felt ready to go it alone and I established Jane Charles Studio Glass – originally set up in Edinburgh. I raised the capital to buy my cold working equipment and came down to Newcastle to make blanks one week per month. Eventually it made sense to move lock stock and barrel to Newcastle and have my cold working studio next to the facilities I hired.

In July 1996 I moved to a larger studio in the same building and installed my first furnace finally making me totally self sufficient .

In February 2011  I moved studios again and  in April 2011 I opened my first glass gallery in the centre of Newcastle.

Exclusive and unique new works coming soon.

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    Small lilac reduction band bowl – SOLD

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    Tiny citrus 2 tone vas with sandblasted detail – SOLD

    £65.00
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    Green citrus 2 stone bottle with spots – SOLD

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    Mountain blue aperture bottle – SOLD

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    Clear mid-blue reduction band bottle – SOLD

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    Green moss sea bottle – SOLD

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    Mid-blue tweak bottles – SOLD

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    Turquoise blue musical bottle – SOLD

    £84.00
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    Ruby lilac inland bottle – SOLD

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    Lilac green inland bottle – SOLD

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    Ruby aperture bottle – SOLD

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    Ruby moss inland vase – SOLD

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    mid-blue green inland vase – SOLD

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    Small citrus reduction spot bowl – SOLD

    £74.00
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    Turquoise citrus urchin vase – SOLD

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    Lilac moss inland bottle – SOLD

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    Blue aperture bottle – SOLD

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    Medium ruby winged vase – SOLD

    £132.00
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    Facet and thread posy in ruby and blue – SOLD

    £70.00
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    Blue, green urchin bowl

    £50.00
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    Lilac mid-blue urchin bowl – SOLD

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    Medium lilac reduction band bowl with sandblasting and engraving – SOLD

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    New flared bowl in lilac and ruby with sandblasting – SOLD

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    Strata Bowl in blue and citrus green

    £77.00
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    Spiral weight in turquoise and blue – SOLD

    £72.00
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    Turquoise Ruby Musical Bottle – SOLD

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    Strappy bowl in turquoise, mid-blue Ruby and green – SOLD

    £160.00
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    Ruby, moss, mid-blue strap vase with metallic spots and sandblasted detail

    £130.00
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    Small turquoise reduction band bowl – SOLD

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    Mountain blue, green. lilac bubble bowl with sandblast – SOLDed spots

    £130.00
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    Lilac / mid blue 2 tone bottle – SOLD

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    Citrus Tweak bottle – SOLD

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