My college was connected to the Central School of Art by a light-filled corridor. I struggled through my academic study while on the other side of the corridor lay its antithesis, where I experimented with watercolour, ceramics and performance.
My glass may start as a chalk sketch on the studio floor but as soon as the process starts, it changes, allowing a bloom in mass and colour. It is a real time reward, sometimes producing the extraordinary and sometimes the mundane, as all improvised art can do.
I’ve learnt that molten glass has form and memory so, while it can be shaped, it takes on a form of its own from the outset which I strive to enhance and display.
My studio is now based in Stroud where myself and my wife became engaged in the vibrant and down to earth arts and craft scene. We found this lovely space on the edge of the village high up overlooking the confluence of the Toadsmoor and other streams, sharp forested valley sides and Lypiatt manor in the distance. The view is breath taking.
Apart from the rural position Stroud has all manner of crafts people using spaces in the old mills as workshops. I have been privileged to be able to get special stamps and hangers fabricated in some of these. There is a lot more interest in the work this year thanks to Country Life including me in their feature on Cotswolds Artists. (see here)
West End, Kingham, OX7 6YL
Preview 19th May 10am
26th to 30th October 2022 - Stroud Artists Cooperative Winter Exhibition
Lansdown Gallery, Stroud, GL5 1BB
10am - 4pm, Late night viewing Friday 28th, 6pm - 8pm
8th to 12th June 2022 - Stroud Artists Cooperative Summer Exhibition
Lansdown Gallery, Lansdown, Stroud, GL5 1BB
10am-4pm, Late night Thursday 9th
16th to 19th June 2022 - Glass Glamour 2022
Fresh Air Sculpture
By invitation, contact me info@nigelcalvert.glass
15th to 24th July 2022 - Art in Brownshill
Church of St Mary of the Angels
Open to the public
1st to 9th May 2021 – Kingham Lodge,
West End, Kingham, OX7 6YL
14th to 20th of July 2021 – The Gardens Gallery,
Montpellier, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1UX
2011 – Peter Layton's Gallery,
The Sky Room in Bermondsey
Nigel Calvert Studio
Stroud, Gloucestershire
T +44 (0)7771 521367





