Jenny studied at Wolverhampton School of Art & Design, graduating in 1996 with a degree in Three- dimensional Design (glass with ceramics.)

After five years spent working in galleries and further developing her own work, she set up her business in 2001 with a loan from the Prince’s Trust.

Originally based at Bashall Barn, a farm shop outside Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley, Jenny Cork Glass went from strength to strength and a few years later moved to new premises owned by The Poor’sland Trust at Slaidburn, in the heart of the Forest of Bowland. In 2007 Jenny moved to her present house on the Pennine Way in North Yorkshire, where she creates her glass in her garden studio overlooking woods and a stream.

“A central theme in my work has always been mankind’s spiritual relationship with the natural world. Glass, like the landscape, changes with the light, and I feel very lucky to be able to walk straight outside into such inspiring surroundings.”

Jenny has exhibited all over the UK from Devon to the Shetland Isles and Ireland, as well as abroad. In 2003 she made and presented a piece of work to HRH Prince of Wales on his visit to the Ribble Valley, on behalf of Ribble Valley Borough Council. Jenny was also asked to create a glass landscape which was presented to Her Majesty the Queen on her 2006 visit to the Forest of Bowland.

Her glassy pursuits have led her to travel widely. She has also curated exhibitions, most recently at the Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, and written for the Contemporary Glass Society newsletter.