Journal
Thank You
Many thanks to everyone who gave a heart bowl a home. We were delighted and a bit shocked at the speed with which they went. We really appreciate it.
The last heart bowl orders are leaving us tomorrow to arrive on Friday 7th.
Our lovely postie comes to collect orders twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.
It's Day Five of the rebuild
Brick by brick our third furnace is growing..... ready for glassmaking over Autumn and Winter months.
Pruning
I trimmed an overhanging bough from a lime tree recently.
Seemed a shame to waste it, and also cut some beautiful broken roses were are being battered by the July wind and rain.
I brought them both inside to enjoy their beauty a while longer.
Emptying the Furnace
The studio is cool and quiet. The furnace is off at the moment.
It's a strange mix of emotions... a relief as the summer has just arrived.
The prolonged chill has been a great time for glassmakers.
It's always always disconcerting when the cycling heart beat of the studio goes quiet.
It's time for a rebuild, a new box of bricks, this one lasted us 16 years so she did well.
Time to renew.
Hope to be back up and running in September, just as the Autumn returns.
If you come to the studio over the next few weeks, although we are not blowing glass there will always be a warm welcome.
Happy New Year - Temporary Closure to Visitors
We wish you all a wonderful new year and offer our sincerest thanks for all your support in 2023.
Our studio is now temporarily closed to visitors until March 1st 2024.
You can still place orders online and we will get those off to you asap or call us to place an order. 01751 417550
For the next few weeks we will be working behind closed doors crafting new unique works.
POP - UP SHOP - Newcastle John Lewis
From 18th - 24th December, we will be in Newcastle John Lewis with our small bowls and vases at our first ever POP UP. It's a brave new world.
Come see us if you are in the Newcastle area.
Last Postal Orders for Christmas
Last orders for Christmas Post (Subject to stock) is 15th December
We are open to visitors until 4pm December 20th.
Pop - Up Shop - Save the Date December 2023
Save the date, we will be at the Newcastle John Lewis for one week only, this coming December, from 18th - 24th for all your last minute hand made glass....