Jayne completed her initial glass training at the International Glass Centre, Stourbridge, then went on to secure a Glaziers’ Company training placement in 2010, undertaken at Pugin, Hardman and Powell in Birmingham (Ashton-Hill Award). Here, she worked on gothic revival restoration projects and built up a solid foundation of glass painting techniques, subsequently enhanced by attending courses at Swansea Architectural Glass Centre and Williams and Byrne Studio, Shropshire.
In 2014, she won the Stevens Architectural Glass Competition and Award for Craftmanship for a window design for Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, completing a commission for Addenbrooke’s Arts later that year. Other commissions for a wide range of architectural glass followed, such as narrative windows for Urmston Cemetery and Trent College Chapel; ornate painted glass for the Parsonage Trust, Didsbury and a large oceanic-themed painted glass installation for a hotel in Darwen. In 2017 she was selected to make the inaugural stained glass presentation roundel for the annual Lord Mayor Reflects charity event in the City of London. Jayne has also been appointed to paint site-specific memorial windows recreating maritime views of the historically important naval training ship HMS Conway in Wales.
As an Arts Award advisor, Jayne also facilitates sessions with young people and adults with the aim of raising the awareness and enjoyment of stained glass as the perfect medium for visual storytelling, especially since it has recently been placed on the red list of endangered crafts. She has found that people from all walks of life can find something interesting in the craft, such as the creative possibilities of brushwork on glass, the technical aspects of firing it in a kiln, or its transformative effect on architectural spaces.