by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Apr 4, 2023 | blog
DRAWING ON EXPERIENCE I like drawing but not as much as making “stuff” using hot glass. That is working glass in open flame. Mind you when I say I like drawing it’s not always with pencils. Sometimes I use felt tip pens, biros, wax crayons and even glass pens. The...
by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Apr 2, 2023 | blog
SELF AWARENESS I love taking photos. Sometimes of glass or myself on various travels. In 2004 my late wife Maureen gave me a camera. Actually, she gave me a SD card and then a camera. Typical of me I opened the “cart before the horse”! Hence this camera became...
by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Mar 25, 2023 | blog
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE – I NEED A DRINK! I suppose it shouldn’t have surprised when I bought premises to be my new glass studio, (posh word for workshop) that it might flood. It was right next to Thurso River. No one told me about high tides so a few years after my...
by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Mar 23, 2023 | blog
EVERYONE’S A WINNER Here’s a short report on a recent trip to London for a specific reason. Although as the story tells I won, it’s my belief that we are all winners even though we don’t appreciate what race we have entered. Of course, as the old joke says, it is the...
by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Mar 20, 2023 | blog
DECANTING THOUGHTS Another day, another book review. Sometimes I think that I only buy books about glass so that I can review them. I do review a lot of books, mostly they are for the Journal of the British Society of Scientific Glassblowers. Here’s one about...
by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Mar 17, 2023 | blog
ADULT EDUCATION – WHERE ART THOU? Recently I attended a heritage Crafts meeting concerning the lack of adult education opportunities. Its seems that colleges are closing evening classes and those on Saturdays. I have fond memories of attending my local college where I...
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