Amanda is born and bred in Coventry and has spent her working life in the performing and visual arts.
She has been a glass maker since the mid 1990s and specialises only in the miniature, exhibiting widely at the UK's top Designer/Maker events, the highlights of which have been the Edinburgh Festival, Art In Action (demonstrator) and the Womad Festival.
She is best known for her Great Glass Advent Calendar - invented in 2016 which is a regular fixture on Instagram and Facebook each December.
A big fan of Open Studios, she has previously been on Warwickshire Open Studios Organising Team, founded the Coventry Arts Trail and originated the The Secret Studio Sale. She loves taking part in Open Studios and Arts Trails up and down the country including Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire and Brighton.
She is an Artist Member of The Gallery at the Guild in Chipping Campden.