• Richard specialises in abstract, kiln-formed and cold-worked sculptures
• He is an elected member of the Royal Society of Sculptors
• His works are featured in major collections including the V&A, the National Museum of Scotland and MAVA Madrid

Richard Jackson’s glass sculptures begin as ideas, with titles anchoring them in his imagination. “The more resolved the name of the piece is, the easier it is to find and develop the form”, he explains. Once he has the title fixed and the shape drawn out in several versions, he begins making the initial model. Richard thought of picking up the craft at a young age, after seeing glass being blown in a workshop in Totnes, Devon. "Glass, as a material, immediately fascinated me. The more I investigated it, the more potential I could see in it," he says. Richard graduated with a BA at West Surrey College of Art and Design, and worked in glass studios in the USA, UK and Denmark. Today, he works from the studio he founded with fellow glass artist Sally Fawkes in Stroud, Gloucestershire in 2000.