Meet the Maker
Meet Linda, the artist behind GlassArtbyLinda
I’m Linda Rossiter, a British contemporary glass artist working from my studio in Skelmersdale, West Lancashire.
I’ve been a professional artist throughout my working life, although glass came much later.
At sixteen I won a first prize in a National Gallery art competition.
That led to six years studying Fine Art, Graphic Design and, eventually, Computer Graphics and Animation at university.
I went on to become a Creative Director, producing video, animation and multimedia work for clients in Britain and overseas. The work won more than a dozen national and international awards.
It was a serious creative career.
But glass changed everything.
The wrong turn in Turin
In 2009, Kevin and I were in Turin with our family, looking for somewhere inexpensive to eat.
This was before Google Maps. Kevin took a wrong turn through the old streets near the university and we found ourselves outside a glass art shop.
I’d never seen anything like it.
The colour, brilliance and light in the glass completely bowled me over. I couldn’t stop talking about it. I’d literally fallen in love with glass.
That accidental discovery changed the direction of my life.
I began working with stained glass, then moved into kiln fused glass.
In 2021 I built a professional glass workshop and design studio, allowing me to concentrate completely on the Hard Edge glass style I’d been developing.
Today I’ve created more than 75 original commissions for collectors in the UK, USA, Canada, Europe, South Africa and Australia.
Each one begins with a different person, place, memory or idea. Each is designed individually, cut piece by piece, then kiln fused into one complete artwork.
And I still feel the same delight in glass that I felt when I walked into that little shop in Turin.
Discover more about Linda
There are two very different ways to continue the story.
The Way Linda Sees
Where did Linda’s distinctive visual language come from?
This goes back to childhood drawings, technical pens, an enormous tin of coloured pencils, Fine Art, early computer graphics and a way of seeing objects as shapes.
It’s the deeper story of how Hard Edge was already developing long before Linda began working with glass.
Facts, Data, Passions: The Linda Interview
The latest interview with Linda, in her own words.
Linda talks about colour, precision, opening the kiln, working with collectors, creating joy, avoiding beige art and why her influence is ultimately herself.
