Vicky Higginson New Technical Staff Member

As we start September we have been able to welcome Vicky Higginson, who will be doing a maternity leave post as a Technical Assistant at ESW.

Vicky Higginson is an experienced artist and technician who has been a Member of ESW for several years and has maintained her own long-term workshop facility in Edinburgh. She has a broad range of making and facilitation skills with a specialism in hot glass and cold-working. In her personal work she creates sculptural forms in handblown glass which are worked into using cutting, carving and engraving techniques to exploring the relationships between form, pattern and colour.

She did a degree in 3D Design at Manchester Metropolitan University and went on to complete a Masters in Glass at the University of Sunderland in 2011. Since then she has undertaken residencies as Procter Fellow at Australian National University in Canberra, the University of Sunderland, North Lands Creative, Cesty Skla in the Czech Republic and Edinburgh College of Art. She recently exhibited in the 2022-23 Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open; Ireland Glass Biennale (2019-20); Craft Scotland in Japan Showcase (2019); and British Glass Biennale (2019).

You can read more about Vicky’s work on her website:
https://www.vickyhigginson.com