STOCKISTS
Craft in the Bay– Cardiff
The Mostyn Gallery Shop –Llandudno
Bluecoat Display Centre– Liverpool
Biscuit Factory– Newcastle
Blowfish Gallery - Stourbridge
upcoming… Gallery O, Ascona, Lago Maggiore, Switzerland
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UPCOMING/CURRENT
Flora, Fauna & Feasting: Rockingham Pottery meets Contemporary Craft
https://wentworthwoodhouse.org.uk/whats-on/flora-fauna-feasting/
Wentworth House 18th March-19th May 2024
Mutualism
An Arts Council of Wales funded project. July 2023- Oct 2024
Exhibitions, residencies and workshops at partner galleries-
Artist in Residence- Ruthin Craft Centre Feb 2023
ruthincraftcentre.org.uk/residencies-information/verity-pulford/
Exhibitions
Studio Made Denbigh- 23rd March- 1st April
Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw 12th May- 7th July
Ruthin Craft Centre
Makers Guild Wales Sept-Oct 2024
Liverpool Museums, The Bluecoat Display Centre.
Contemporary Glass Society- New Horizons
Stourbridge Glass Museum July-Nov 2024
Planet Earth: An Ode to our Wonderful World
London Glass Blowing 7th-30th June 2024
Creating Visions:Women Designers
The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Oct 2024-March 2025
Solo Exhibition- Ruthin Craft Centre 2025
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS- Past
Y Lle Celf- National Eisteddfod of Wales- August 2023
- touring to Pittsburgh Glass Centre and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft- 2023
Collect 2023 Northlands Creative- Somerset House, London
The Value in Things Vessel Gallery & Ting-Ying Gallery
Cromwell Place, London, March 2023
Process- Blowfish Gallery- Stourbridge March 2023
Urquhart Bequest Commission/ Bluecoat Display Centre- To be donated to the Walker Art Gallery permanent collection-
displayed in ‘New Works at The Walker’- Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
British Glass Biennale - International Festival of Glass 2022- Stourbridge, Aug- Oct 2022
The Harley Open- Joint 1st Prize- Aug 2022
Holt Festival- Charlotte Fraser Ceramics & Glass Prize Shortlist, 23 – 30 July 2022
Homo Faber, Giorgio Cini Foundation, San Giorgio Maggiore Island, Venice, April 10th- May 1st
Cluster Crafts Fair- The Ugly Duck Warehouse- London Bridge, 7-10 July
Bullseye Glass, Transitions in Kiln-Glass, Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington, U.S.A - Jan 2022
The Joy of Glass- CGS at Leeds Craft and Design Centre, Part II: 11th June - 23rd July 2022
Earth, Sea and Sky- 25 Years of CGS- London Glass Blowing, London, 1st-23rd July 2022
DN Futures, The Hub/National Centre for Design and Craft Jan -April 2022
Gardens of the Mind- The Biscuit Factory- Newcastle, Nov 2021- March 2022
Touring from Ruthin Craft Centre and Craft in the Bay
Collect 2022- Northlands Creative Stand, Somerset House, London- 25th - 27th Feb 2022
It’s all in the Technique- Contemporary Glass Society at the National Glass Centre Sunderland- 15 th Jan - 13 th Mar, 2022
Past, Present, Future- A Year of Craft- The Bluecoat Display Centre and The Walker Art Gallery - Liverpool- Sept 2021-Feb 2022
Artist talk- Nov 17th 2pm at The Walker.
1st prize Winner- Galeri Caernarfon - Agored /Open- Nov- Jan 2022
Glass Lifeforms Nov 2021- Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, USA
In the Window, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, Nov 2021
London Craft Week 2021
‘Gardens of the Mind’ exhibition/residency -Ruthin Craft Centre 2020
Maker in Focus- Mission Gallery, Swansea, Jan- March 2020
Bluecoat Outreach Programme Exhibition– Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, Jan- March 2020
‘Tir’- Galeri Caernarfon, Sept- Dec 2019
‘Glorious Glass’ Contemporary Glass Society- St Helens World of Glass Sept 2019
Maker in Focus ‘Gardens of the Mind’– Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, July 2019
60@The Bluecoat- Bluecoat Display Centre, Jan-March 2019
MAKE 2018- Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Oct-Dec 2018
Crafted 2018 – New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, Oct-Dec 2018
Handmade for Christmas– Museum Sheffield, Oct-Jan 2018
Art in Penallt, Aug 2017
Spring Showcase- 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Feb 2017
Contemporary Glass Society Exhibition –National Glass Centre Sunderland, July 2016
In the Window- The Mostyn Gallery Shop, May-Sept 2016
North Wales Open– Theatre Clwyd (Highly Commended)
Glass 2016- Pyramid Gallery, May 2016
Solo Exhibition- Oriel Gallery, Theatre Clwyd, Jan 2017
Wish You Were Here- International Festival of Glass 2015, Stourbridge, May 2015
Wunderkammer Exhibition- Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, July-Dec 2007
Flower Power Exhibition- Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, Aug-Oct 2006.
Scottish Glass Society Exhibition- Collins Gallery, Glasgow, July-Aug 2006.
MASTERCLASSES/SCHOLARSHIPS/RESIDENCIES
QEST Scholarship July-Dec 2023
To develop techniques in glass casting. Working and training with glass artists Fiaz Elson and Angela Thwaites.
https://www.qest.org.uk/alumni/verity-pulford/
Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle-The Art and Act of Abstraction-Sept 2023
ISGNE Residency- North Lands Creative – Sept 2022
Scholarship- The Glass Foundry -May 2021
Masterclass in kilnforming with Amanda Simmons Glass Artist- 2019
Artist in Residence- Ruthin Craft Centre, Sept-Oct 2019
Masterclass in kilnforming- Glass Hub- 2018
Masterclass in sandblasting- Ruth Dresdon- Glass Artist- 2018
Masterclass in glass painting-Jonathan Cooke- Glass painter- 2018
PUBLIC ART/COMMISSIONS/RESIDENCES
Clatterbridge Cancer Hospital Residency – March- July 2023
Artist in Residence– Glan Clwyd Hospital and Mold Community Hospital, BCUHB Arts in Health and Well-Being programme, Summer/Autumn 2019
Series of artworks- Radiology department, Glan Clwyd Hospital BCUHB Arts in Health and Well-Being programme, 2019
Series of artworks- Maternity Ward, Glan Clwyd Hospital, BCUHB Arts in Health and Well-Being programme, 2018
Helfa Gelf- Artist in Residence- Ruthin Craft Centre, July 2018
Architectural glass panel -celebrating 50th Anniversary and workshop with Year 5s, Ysgol Bryn Tabor, Wrexham
Artist in Residence– Walton Centre, Liverpool. Series of workshops with patients and installation of permanent artwork in main corridor, 2017. Additional workshops within the CRU, creating artworks with patients and staff including permanent installation of glasswork created, 2018.
Private commission -glass panels installed in internal lit alcoves and large bespoke mirror, Ardrossan, Scotland, March 2018
Awards– Snowdonia Marathon Prizes, Nov 2017
Private commission- Internal multi panelled door, Jan 2017
Internal glazed panels- Surestart Nursery, Kirkdale, Liverpool, June 2007
PERMENANT COLLECTIONS
Walker Art Gallery Craft Collection -2023
North Lands Permanent Collection -2022
PUBLICATIONS
Contributing artist - Creative and Professional Development for Glass Artists by Catherine Dunstan
CURATION
‘Our Land’- Ruthin Craft Centre-, Helfa Gelf Denbighshire Artists, Sept 2019
Alongside Ruth Shelley and Kathryn Roberts- Flow- CGS at Craft in the Bay- Makers Guild of Wales- Cardiff, April -May 2022
Uncommon Beauty- A Wunderkammer Exhibition at The Maker Guild of Wales- April- May 2022
MEDIA WORK
Channel 4’s ‘Craft I Made It’– Planning make, advising and instructing on set – Hertfordshire, Feb 2017