With a love and passion for up-cycling, sustainability, arts, and science, you will get a bespoke piece of art with a story attached to the product. I also offer educational workshops, lecturers, and inspirational talks with a focus on art, science, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and circular economy.

I am originally from Norway and came to Wales study industrial design in 2003 and continued to do a PhD in recycled glass. Today I run my own business, Oseng-Rees Reflection, making sustainable fused recycled glass panels for architectural and interior installations. I am based in a small self-owned studio in Swansea Wales and the fused recycled glass material are made from 100% locally sourced waste bottles. The business has a Green Growth Strategy and has a Socially Responsible Pledge. 

I have always been artistic, valued creative problem solving and the process from-idea-to-final-product and believed in creating products that is inclusive, viable and environmentally friendly. With these values along with open mindedness, curiosity, and a enthusiasm for learning new things, I believe that something beautiful can be made from waste glass bottles. My purpose is to inspire people’s perception to care about where their products come from, their own waste stream, and stop the race to the bottom of cheap products and consumerism. 

As an added benefit to my business I also offer educational workshops, lecturers, and inspirational talks with a focus on art, science, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and circular economy.

Growing up with an entrepreneurial father I always dreamt about starting my own business. It was a lifelong dream, but as I grew older, I saw more challenges than opportunities, and with a lack of funding for Start-Up companies I thought the business start-ups is for the affluent and not for me. But a pivotal moment happened in my life, I realized that if I ever going to succeed, this was the time. I handed in my notice secured my first commission and finally started my entrepreneurial journey. 

The biggest challenge of them all were to overcome the fear of failing, to trust my own instinct and decision-making skills. All other challenges have been overcome a step-by-step approach and will be continued to be conquered through taking the challenges one at the time.

One thing that I was told in the early part on my entrepreneurial journey was about how one entrepreneur had looked at his own successful journey and found out that it was the non-business activities that had generated the most success for him. It was the crisscrossing of activities that he originally saw as time-wasting that had made him inadvertently meet the right investors and give him the biggest sales. His advice was therefore not to be too money-orientated but also to take part in non-monetizing activities. It not only gives you a broader perspective on life, but also allows the business to grow organically. I can truly acknowledge this and my best tip to young entrepreneurs is to network, make friends and connect with people.