I am an artist maker living and working in Denbighshire, North Wales.
My work is inspired by the complexity of life, particularly the intricate structures and growth patterns found in nature. I am drawn to cryptogamic plants such as lichen, moss, and algae, as well as fungi, and the textures and forms of marine creatures, invertebrates, and coral.
I am influenced by how being in nature—and observing it closely—makes me feel. Light is another important inspiration: both the magical atmosphere it creates in the natural landscape, and the way it interacts with glass through shadows, reflections, and the contrast between matt and glossy surfaces.
I am also fascinated by the cataloguing of nature—natural history artefacts, early cyanotypes, x-rays, microscopic images, and botanical drawings all inform my visual language.
I often explore ideas of magical realism, creating hybrid forms inspired by, or combining, different plants and organisms.
I make vessels, sculpture, architectural and public art, and exhibit in galleries internationally.
STOCKISTS
Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Bluecoat Display Centre– Liverpool
Blowfish Gallery - Stourbridge
Craft in the Bay, Makers Guild of Wales- Cardiff Bay
UPCOMING/CURRENT
Coed-Co Exist Plas Glyn y Weddw May and July 2026.
Solo Exhibition- Ruthin Craft Centre 4th July - 20th Sept 2026
Summer Show- Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw July- Oct 2026
Eisteddfod Past Medal Winners- Aur -Canfas, Cardigan 31st July-13th Sept 2026
British Glass Biennale- St Helens World of Wales https://www.glassart.org/ifog/ 27–31 August 2026
Decorex London Olympia from 11 to 14 October 2026,
Joint exhibition with Katie Allen, Painter- Canfas, Cardigan 3rd Oct-7th Nov 2026
Solo Exhibition- Biscuit Factory, Newcastle 13th Nov -Jan 2026/7
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS- Past
1st Prize-North Wales Open Exhibition- Theatre Clwyd- Nov 2025-Jan 2026
Gold Medal for Craft and Design Y Lle Celf- National Eisteddfod of Wales- 2-9th August 2025
Menagerie The National Glass Centre Nov 2024
Creating Visions:Women Designers, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool March 2025
COLLECT 2022, 2023, 2025
British Glass Biennale, 2024, 2022
The Value in Things Vessel Gallery & Ting-Ying Gallery
Cromwell Place, London, March 2023
1st Prize- The Harley Open- Aug 2022
Homo Faber, Giorgio Cini Foundation, San Giorgio Maggiore Island, Venice, April 10th- May 1st
Bullseye Glass, Transitions in Kiln-Glass, Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington, U.S.A - Jan 2022 - touring to Pittsburgh Glass Centre and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft- 2023
Glass Lifeforms Nov 2021- Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, USA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Walker Art Gallery Craft Collection -2023
North Lands Permanent Collection -2022
LINKS
QEST Scholar 2023
https://www.qest.org.uk/alumni/verity-pulford/
Contemporary Glass Society Interview
https://www.cgs.org.uk/news/a-communion-with-nature/
Michelangelo Foundation- Homo Faber Guide
homofaber.com/en/discover/pulford-verity-dyw9nt
Makers Guild of Wales
https://www.makersguildinwales.org.uk/veritypulford.html
Crafts Council Directory
www.craftscouncil.org.uk/directory/verity-pulford-glass-artist
Photography- Stephen Heaton/Simon Bruntnell/Andrew Gale
Film- Culture Colony