Jerre works from photographs of the local countryside, capturing a specific moment in time which is then interpreted in glass. Her landscapes are created exclusively out of glass using a variety of processes. She shapes the glass trees and branches over a flame and layers these elements with small granules of glass, also known as frit.

The work is arranged, then fired to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit in an electric kiln. Jerre’s art is composed of a number of layers and are fired many times to create complex visual depth. Davidson often manipulates the glass in the kiln while it is hot to add more movement to the piece. In every work the underlying goal is to communicate the movement and rhythm within the landscape.

Jerre Davidson’s work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and private collections in Korea, Scotland, USA and Canada. Her work explores the landscape in figurative composition as well as themes in instinctive and expressive abstraction. Her early career in dance at the Scottish Ballet School in Edinburgh, Scotland, instilled in her a love of rhythm and movement. Like a dancer, lines move rhythmically through our landscape. Davidson’s work represents an emotional response to the complex visual depth of nature’s musical cadence.

Born in Scotland, Jerre Davidson immigrated to Canada in 1988. In 2000, she was introduced to kiln-forming glass. Fascinated by this new medium, Davidson set out to educate herself on glass techniques, specifically about how glass behaves when processed or fired at various temperatures. She perfected her skills with classes at Pilchuck Glass School, North Lands Creative Glass Centre in Scotland, and The Studio in Corning, New York.