Hello, my name is Jean Claude.

I am an artist who has worked in many different mediums over the years.
As a boy I loved to draw and paint and over the years I studied fine arts
and worked in charcoal, crayon, pastels, acrylic and oils.
However, on a visit to an exhibition in France I saw beautiful stained glass work
and the desire to learn this stayed with me for many years.
On a subsequent visit to Australia my wife Barbara and I had the opportunity
to take a crash course in Stained Glass.
Years later, we immigrated to South Africa, there we had the opportunity
to take night classes, and for many years we enjoyed creating
lamps, panels, windows, etc.
Having moved back to Mauritius, in 2003, it was difficult to
carry the range of coloured glass necessary for stained glass.
I decided to move onto fused and slumped glass, which enables me
to use clear glass and specially manufactured paints,
which melts into the glass,
when I fire the pieces is fired in the kiln.
This gives me a large range of colour options and I love innovating.
I still enjoy painting, chain maille, pewter, silver art clay and resin.