Collection: Moira Buchanan

Adalime is the creation of Moira Buchanan, an artist living and working in Glasgow. After working alongside glassmakers, she became hooked on glass and it has become a significant feature of her art and design career.

Many of Adalime’s creations focus on nature, predominately birds. The birds are made from fused glass, sourced from a local supplier. Some of the birds are constructed utilising repurposed glass from glass artists workshops and personal projects. The wire legs on the birds are also repurposed.

The artist double-layers fused glass, carefully cutting each shape out of solid glass to represent bird parts such as the head, body and details. Every piece of coloured glass is thoughtfully presented to give each bird its own unique style and character. They are all uniquely names - at times names are picked because of the birds' features. On other occasions, names pop up randomly or, selected by social media followers, whose choices are sometimes better than the artist's.