Kim Bramley

Kim studied at Central St Martin’s School of Art in London, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Fashion and Textile Design in 1992. She worked internationally as an assistant fashion designer/freelance textile designer before setting up her own business working with printed textiles and later handmade paper for a number of years. She decided to re-train in techniques for kiln-formed glass and she gained experience with various leading glass artists in Scotland and Sweden. In January 2006, Kim was a teaching assistant to Swedish glass artist Ingelena Klenell and later that year she worked with Sami glass artist, Monica Edmondson in her studio in Lapland. Kim has also studied various types of glassmaking in Britain and worked for ‘Fusionglass’ on the Isle of Skye for many years.

In 2015, Kim and her husband moved to live in South Brittany, France, in a renovated former milking parlour in the heart of a dairy farming community. Surrounded by pastureland filled with cows and tractors, Kim’s days in the atelier are punctuated by daily walks with her dog and time in their garden.

‘My work is about a love for making, a passion for materials and a dedication to mastering techniques. Form, Colour and Texture are my alphabet.’