Get Fired Up and Make Your Own

“It’s mesmerising”, “it’s amazing”, “I can’t believe I made that!” Just a few of the comments from our lovely customers who have been joining us in the studio over the last 5 months, for their own hands-on experience of glass blowing.

We’ve welcomed teenagers, couples, mums and dads and grandparents to our studio in South Devon, Diptford where they have been making paperweights, vases, pint and stemless wine glasses, jugs and flowers. Each piece goes home the next day, along with photos and video capturing the experience.

With 1:1 coaching from Izach, each guest has had the chance to select what they want to make, in their own colour palette. Truly working with the material and deciding how far they want to take their design.

With a view to ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone that comes along – we are loving being able to share this fantastic and endlessly fascinating craft with a growing number of hot glass fans.

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Starting Something From Nothing

It takes a lot, a lot of everything.

Yes there are the tangible things – bricks and mortar, equipment and money, but more than that there are the intangibles and over the last 3 months (and 2 years), it’s those hidden things that have made all the difference…

The skills and expertise of everyone who helped build the workshop – where would we be without Mark, Paul, Olly, Chris, Richard, John and a host of others without whom we’d still just be talking about it

The freely given advice and guidance of master craftsmen in the glass blowing community, with special thanks to Richard Glass (yes that’s his real name) for his friendship and ongoing injections of reality and optimism

The massive support of all our family and friends whose words of encouragement boost our confidence on the days when everything goes right and more especially when it all goes wrong – it means more than gold to us

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