Artist Paul Critchley’s love of art began in childhood and lead him to study Fine Art Sculpture to Masters Level in the Midlands. After a spell teaching both in the UK and then New Zealand he transformed some of his figurative sculptures into glass and on his return to the U.K. spent just over a year renting a studio alongside Isle of Wight Studio Glass. In the spring of 2002 with the help of an IOW lottery Loan Paul took the opportunity to build his own glassworks at Arreton Old Village & Barns. Complete with its own gallery and large viewing area, Diamond Isle Sculptured Glass began trading in August of 2002.
