KT Yun is a hot glass artist using traditional techniques with contemporary and graphic designs. Born and raised in the Scottish Highlands, KT’s first memory is searching for beetles and ants. After a childhood of horses and wilderness, KT discovered hot glass at art school in England when she was seventeen. She has worked with glass ever since – specialising in glassblowing.

After a decade of apprenticeships, a degree, and traveling around the world learning more about glass, KT taught glassblowing at UCA Farnham. She created and built her first small home furnace that was to become the ‘Minimelt’ in 1997 and in 2000 she co-founded The Liquid Glass Centre, a school for glassmaking where she stayed until 2006. After leaving Liquid Glass, she spent six years taking glassblowing to the road with her mobile Minimelt furnace, teaching at schools and performing at events across the UK.

In 2012 she co-founded The Glass Hub in Wiltshire, her second glassmaking school, alongside fellow glassmaker, Helga Watkins-Baker.  KT also started to manufacture furnaces and small glass blowing studios. Setting up her company ‘Minmelt Glass’ with the aim of creating a way for people to blow glass at home for a fraction of the running costs of a full-scale studio. .

KT’s work is informed by her keen attention to natural structures and textures, and her passion for entomology. Her recent work on insects consolidates decades of study and experience, culminating in a project that allows KT, through the medium of glass, to shine a light on the world of insects and the conservation of the UK’s insect wildlife.

In 2023 KT was awarded a scholarship from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST). This incredible award has allowed KT to pursue her passion for entomology, the study of insects. She has used the fund to explore new glass processes and has been working with other artists across different disciplines to develop the skills and techniques required to create insects in glass.

KT Yun QEST Profile