A Wanganui glass artist has won an international glass competition.
Kathryn Wightman, who lectures at the Wanganui Glass School, picked up the Gold Award in the Bullseye Glass Company Emerge 2014 eighth biennial kiln-glass exhibition for emerging artists, beating 40 finalists from around the world.
Bullseye Glass is a US-based manufacturer of coloured glass with worldwide distribution and a commitment to research, education, and promoting glass art.
Dr Wightman will receive US$1000 ($1170) worth of Bullseye Glass materials, and her winning work, Posy, will be part of a US tour this year.