Angela Thwaites is a glass artist, researcher, author and educator based in South London. Her work explores form, mass and space, light and colour. Using combinations of physical and digital processes Angela creates 3D forms which are translated into glass using model, mould making and casting techniques. Although what she makes often appears abstract at first, ideas and forms are rooted in the everyday real world. Exhibiting frequently on a national and international basis, her artwork is visually varied and combines hand and digital processes to explore 3D form and structure translated into glass. Angela has also created a number of works for specific locations and commissions and collaborates with other artists. "Ideas are living entities; they start from something which already exists and grow, sometimes resulting in surprising forms and structures. My aim is not to emulate nature but to echo some of its strangeness and wonder."