Each year I work with Sage UK to make trophies for their annual awards ceremonies. The great thing about working with Sage is that they want something creative to present to their staff - so I get a bit of a free reign on what to make, which means I always enjoy the design and making process. This year I used layered Spectrum System 96 sheet glass, trying some new things with opaque and transparent colours. Its a lovely juicy glass with a great colour range. I might incorpora

I use a waterjet cutter as part of the process of making my PhD work at the University of Sunderland. A waterjet is similar to a laser cutter, but uses high pressure waterjet and garnet grit to cut through glass or metal. The process involves creating a drawing in AutoCAD or Adobe Illustrator and then programming the machining of the cut. It is a complicated process, but allows you to cut glass with a level of detail and accuracy that was previously impossible! This is the wa