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BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 29

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 29

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 29 My glass studio is multi functioning. As I regard it being the focal point of my operations on this planet it is home to some of my non-glass activities such as Beaver Scouts. If you were to visit now you would trip over a flag, some hoops,...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 28

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 28

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 28 I pride myself that I can make anything out of glass but that’s not exactly true. For example, I can’t make (nor would I want to) make a Caithness Glass rosebowl. Yes, I have been asked, and I have recently been asked to make a window frame...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 27

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 27

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 27 Over the years I have “won” many certificates although I am not sure the term “won” is accurate. Usually, I am presented with a certificate which celebrates an occasion or recognises some effort on my part. Many have said that I should be...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 26

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 26

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 26 My experience of making scientific glassware has led me to enjoy short runs. By this I am not talking about effects of diarrhoea but making twenty or one hundred pieces all the same. Well not the same as being handmade the closest I can get...
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...