A real touch of glass!

In fact the 25-year-old could safely say her latest piece of art has been a shattering experience.

Samantha, a Bolton Institute graduate, was commissioned by The Lowry to produce a sculpture for display.

But forget the traditional paints, clay or bronzes, Samantha used shattered pieces of glass from vandalised bus shelters to produce her work.

Samantha, who has opened up her own gallery in Leigh, above her father's DIY shop where she also works, concentrates on using materials others have thrown away.

Last year she won the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts' Youth Sculptor Award using circular glass bits discarded by machinery in factories producing glass objects.

Samantha also works part time at Salford Quays in administration, and her latest work, entitled Dereliction Rising, is on display in the reception of The Lowry Restaurant, in addition to five of her paintings.

She said: "My motto is waste not want not.

"For my latest piece I had to drive around bus shelters collecting the glass from the floor and it took months to get to the stage where I could actually begin the physical work on putting it together.

"The idea of turning a piece of rubbish into something interesting and exciting is fascinating to me and makes me feel that I have achieved something.

Geometric

"The inspiration for my sculptural work comes from looking at repetition within architecture and I tend to use simple geometric shapes and patterns."

Samantha graduated from Bolton two years ago and in addition to displaying her own work in her Leigh gallery, she encourages new talent to also approach her.

Praise for her latest work has come from Cllr Eddie Sheehy, lead member for arts and leisure at Salford City Council. He said: "Like the Lowry, which has helped to regenerate derelict docklands, Sam has created something positive out of something unattractive."

INNOVATIVE artist Samantha Brown has shown a "touch of glass" in her latest work . . .

In fact the 25-year-old could safely say her latest creation has been a shattering experience.

Samantha, a Bolton Institute graduate, was commissioned by The Lowry to produce a sculpture for display.

But forget the traditional paints, clay or bronzes, Samantha used shattered pieces of glass from vandalised bus shelters to produce her work.

Samantha, who has opened up her own gallery in Leigh, above her father's DIY shop where she also works, concentrates on using materials others have thrown away.

Last year she won the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts' Youth Sculptor Award using circular glass bits discarded by machinery in factories producing glass objects.

Samantha also works part time at Salford Quays in administration, and her latest work, entitled Dereliction Rising, is on display in the reception of The Lowry Restaurant, in addition to five of her paintings.

She said: "My motto is waste not want not.

"For my latest piece I had to drive around bus shelters collecting the glass from the floor and it took months to get to the stage where I could actually begin the physical work on putting it together.

"The idea of turning a piece of rubbish into something interesting and exciting is fascinating to me and makes me feel that I have achieved something.

"The inspiration for my sculptural work comes from looking at repetition within architecture and I tend to use simple geometric shapes and patterns."

Samantha graduated from Bolton two years ago and in addition to displaying her own work in her Leigh gallery, she encourages new talent to also approach her.

Praise for her latest work has come from Cllr Eddie Sheehy, lead member for arts and leisure at Salford City Council. He said: "Like the Lowry, which has helped to regenerate derelict docklands, Sam has created something positive out of something unattractive."