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This is my last Editorial for the Journal of the British Society of Scientific Glassblowers and gives the impression that I would not be editing again in 2021. Of course, I couldn’t give up so I have produced the January 2021 issue. Good to reflect on one’s mind at any particular time but 2020 was a challenge!

Who would have ever thought it that the end of the World be so boring and depressing?

Are you worth £60 an hour? Apparently that’s the recognised rate for the average lampworker! Who wants to be average though? For half that price I might settle for mediocre

For nearly thirty-five years I have been writing Editorials for the Journal of the British Society of Scientific Glassblowers. Here’s one from January 2020. It was written in November 2019 long before the meaning of the word “lockdown” was felt!!!!

Further to my previous entry on how I photograph my glass in the open using natural light thought I would share some shadowy images.

Nowadays with many exhibitions being online the requirement for photographs of artwork is becoming more and more common.