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BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 25

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 25

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 25 Twenty years ago, Glass Creations nearly closed for ever. Reason being my wife and co-founder of our business died. May 3rd, 2005, almost fifteen years after we started Glass Creations and now fifteen years later I can (almost) look back...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 24

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 24

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 24 I hate the phrase “self-taught” that some crafts people and artist’s use. There is no such thing, we all learn from interacting with others, if not directly then by books people have written or watching videos on the internet that others...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 23

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 23

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 23 Thinking about what items to put on my website I decided to divide my glass items into categories, one of which I called “Quirky.” Reason being is this is the word some people used to describe my work. I don’t think my work is as it all...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 22

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 22

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 22 You would have thought that after thirty-five years in the business of selling glass objects that I might know a thing or too. That is true but I never have felt confident in knowing how the market operates. It is the predictable nature of...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 21

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 21

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 21 I’ve been showing off my glass skills long before I set up Glass Creations. I moved to Thurso in 1981 and worked at Dounreay as chief scientific glassblower, (no one really gave me a job title as such but a grade). In 1982 I arranged my...