My great, great, great grandma Hannah Bagley (1839 - 1877) was the wife of Samuel Saxon (1841 - 1908) a glass bottle works manager and sister to William Bagley (1842 - 1866) Co-founder of Bagley Glass, which during the 1920's and 1930's was one of Europe's largest glass companies.  Famous for making affordable domestic pressed glassware, and most notably for their art deco designs. ​

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In August 2026 we see the British Glass Biennale relocating for the very first time (I was the first and youngest glass artist from Scotland to exhibit in their first exhibition in 2004, where subsequently my work was brought by Dan Klein and Alan Poole Associates) to the World of Glass, St Helens, which is only two miles from where Hannah Bagley and Samuel Saxon lived with their children. ​

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Roedd fy hen, hen, hen nain Hannah Bagley (1839 - 1877) yn wraig i Samuel Saxon (1841 - 1908) rheolwr gwaith poteli gwydr a chwaer i William Bagley (1842 - 1866) o Bagley Glass, a oedd yn un o gwmnïau gwydr mwyaf Ewrop yn ystod y 1920au a'r 1930au. Yn enwog am wneud gwydr gwasgedig domestig fforddiadwy, ac yn fwyaf nodedig am eu dyluniadau art deco. ​

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Ym mis Awst 2026 gwelwn y Biennale Gwydr Prydeinig yn symud am y tro cyntaf erioed (fi oedd yr artist gwydr cyntaf ac ieuengaf o'r Alban i arddangos yn eu harddangosfa gyntaf yn 2004, lle daethpwyd â'm gwaith wedi hynny gan Dan Klein ac Alan Poole Associates) i Fyd Gwydr, St Helens, sydd ond dwy filltir o ble roedd Hannah Bagley a Samuel Saxon yn byw gyda'u plant.

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