On completion of his Master of Design at the Edinburgh College of Art in 2000. His graduation exhibition combined his love of words and glass to produce a series of five interlinked short stories collectively titled "Starlings". In 1999 Dominic exhibited a number of drawings along side his glasswork at the 18-30s Show at the Bath Lane Gallery in Newcastle. August 1999 saw him opening his first solo show, "Telling Stories", an exhibition of glassware, short stories and drawings at the Crystal Glass Centre in Stourbridge. In 2001 Dominic collaborated with the engraver Amy Christie on the one off piece "Hands" and began work on a major commission for the Inland Revenue titled "Stories From The Ministry".