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BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 5

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 5

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 5 I first took part in my first craft fayre about a year after setting up in business. I say “I” when really it was my late wife Maureen. For she was the person that endured the many hours of staffing our stand waiting for customers. The first...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 4

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 4

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 4 The first three years of Glass Creations was a very steep learning curve for me in experiencing people both as customers and as supporters. One supporter at the time was Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise (now Highlands and Islands...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 3

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 3

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 3 Money is a must when starting a business as I found out very quickly. I bought a building which although was fitted with shelves and had a bench courtesy of the previous owners, “Wood Goods and Chattels” I needed more. I needed glass, burner...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 2

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 2

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 2 Glass Creations is a name of a business but not an address, so I needed to come up with a title of a place that was recognised by all especially the post service. Thus, the building we bought was now known as “Thurso Glass Studio.” I chose...
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 1

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 1

BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 1 Thirty-Five years ago, “Glass Creations” was born so here the first of thirty-five blogs describing some history. I moved to Caithness in 1981 to work as a scientific glassblower at Dounreay. Expecting to make a lot of very technical...
OCH EYE THE NO, NO, NO, NO!

OCH EYE THE NO, NO, NO, NO!

OCH EYE THE NO, NO, NO, NO! I am not that familiar with my body parts. As long as they all work as designed then I am fine with that. My eyes are important to me as I guess they are to all. When, a few years ago I was told I had the start of cataracts then I spoke to...