Half-A-Moon
Station Road, Ardersier, Inverness, Scotland IV2 7ST (07774 842 598)
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Started in Glasgow in 1987. Moved to Inverness 1992, then again to present location in 2000. Specialists in both leaded and 'Tiffany'-style copper-foiled stained glass. Evening classes & weekend courses available. Studio open February to December, 11.00 am to 4.30 pm, Tuesday to Saturday
Hand Made Glass Co Ltd, The (see Aaronson Noon Ltd)
Harbour Lights
Unit 11, Sherwood Forest Arts & Crafts Centre, Forest Corner, Edwinstowe, Notts. NG21 9RN (01623-822 250)
Doug Ledger. Glass oil candles for home & garden, also individual commissions
Harris, Jonathan
Woodland House, 24 Peregrine Way, Apley Castle, Telford, Shropshire TF1 6TH (in the Coalport China Museum at Ironbridge)(01952-588 441/246 381)
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Son of Michael Harris (d.1995). Formerly of Isle-of-Wight Glass (late 1980s-1999), then Okra (1999). Specialist in cameo & graal techniques
Harris, Michael (see Isle of Wight Glass)
Harris, Neil
24 Court Crescent, Kingswinford, West Midlands (01384-831 120)
Lampworker, specialising in wildlife & jewellery
Haven Laser Imaging
Unit 2, Thornton Business Park, Thornton, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire SA73 2RY (01646-663 960, mobile: 0785-417 5111)
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A commercial company that can laser-engrave glassware of practically any shape and size with logos, lettering and even photographic images (they can also engrave other materials such as granite, marble, wood etc)
Hawkins, Colin (see Broadfield House)
Hazelwood, Amanda
8 Norton Cottages, Craven Arms, Shropshire SY7 9LT (01588-676 178)
Specialises in free blown studio glass
Hearn, Stewart (see London Glassworks)
Heath, Crispian (see Crispian Heath Glass)
Helix Glass Studio
2 Grange Avenue, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 6QG (01344-778 579, mobile: 07816-106 537)
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Founded by Helena Ross, who gained a BA (Hons) in Architectural Glass at Swansea Institute of Higher Education 2001-04. Works in traditional leaded stained glass & detailed sandblasting using a special Photomask resist. Commissions undertaken
Henderson, Angela
Castle Howard, York, N Yorks YO6 7DA (01653-648 555)
A wide range of functional & decorative hand-blown glassware, including perfume-bottles, paperweights, vases, decanters, wine-glasses, oil-burners. Commissions, presentation gifts & corporate incentives undertaken
Herman, Samuel J (see The Glasshouse)
Heritage Crystal
Globe Works, Stourvale Road, Lye, Stourbridge, West Midlands (01384-891 291)
Crystal cut & polished on premises
Hill, David (see Roman Glassmakers)
Hill Stained Glass
Jinney Ring Craft Centre, Unit 4, Hanbury, Nr Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B60
4BU (01527 821525)
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Diane Hill, stained glass artist with 26 years’ experience. Door panels, windows, lighting, mirrors, gifts
Hilton-Robinson, Patricia
Rivendell, The Limes, Sarson Lane, Amport, Andover, Hants SP11 8HX (01264-771 447)
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Associate Fellow of th Guild of Glass Engravers (2002). All styles of engraving, including cameo-work and Graal technique. Teaches at The Earnley Concourse, near Chichester, West Sussex
Hiscott, Amber
1 Greenfield Terrace, Sketty, Swansea, W Glams SA2 9BS (01792-296 458)
Traditional, painted, sandblasted & acid-etched architectural leaded stained glass windows, screens & canopies
Hislop, Alan
32 Holt Road, Horsford, Norwich NR10 3DD (01603 897428)
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Glass engraver with 21 years' experience, now also involved in glass restoration
Hobson, Diana
7 Church Crescent, Hackney, London E9 7DH (020-8986 8587)
Hobson, Gillian
Studio 6, Ropewalk Contemporary Art & Craft, Maltkiln Road, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5JT (07780-961 890)
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Richly intricate one off artworks & sculpture. Gill combines the skills of the studio glassmaker with those of the jeweller & art
metalworker to create luxurious & inspirational pieces
Hockley, Geoffrey Charles
Rhandir, Saron, Lllandysul, Carmarthenshire SA44 5DR (07980 634910)
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Kiln-cast glass sculptures & paperweights, usually animal or human figures, made using the lost wax waste mould process. Slumped & fused glass vessels with copper & other inclusions, boxes, perfume-bottles
Holdaway, Sue
Nottingham (telephone number unknown)
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Contemporary jewellery maker, winner of the Sir Paul Smith Award for Design and Creativity 2007
Holmes, Peter (see Selkirk Glass & Scottish Borders Art Glass)
Holt, Pauline (see Jazzy Lily Hot Glass)
Hopwood, Nicola
The Old Thatched Cottage, Brockhampton, Hereford HR1 4TQ (01989-740 265)
Contemporary stained glass windows
Horncastle Glass Studio (formerly Chameleon Crystal)
Unit 3, Devereux Way, Boston Road Industrial Estate, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6AU (01507 524 460)
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Nick Inman. Studied in Stourbridge, established Chameleon Crystal 1995. Produces commissioned items for the antiques trade, specialising in reproductions of Victorian style art glass including ornate vases, epergnes, centrepieces, oil lamp parts, antique lighting as well as unique pieces produced from rare antique glass recipes for the collectors market
Hornsey, Belinda
11 Barry Ave, Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs ST2 8AE (01782-266 197 or 0378-662 297)
Organic in form, fluid & graceful "Landscape' vessels & 'Virago' rough-ground vases, blown into plaster moulds, then hand-finished using diamond-pads, sandblasting & polishing to produce a smooth, highly tactile finish, some covered with gold-leaf. Also candlesticks, perfume-bottles
Hothouse Glass
Lower Lumsdale, Matlock, Derbyshire
Founded 1987, ceased trading March 2002. Anthony Wassell, Paul Barcroft & Malcolm Sutcliffe (left to run his own studio in 1991). Tom Petit. Functional & decorative hand-blown & cast glass, with a variety of finishes. Paul Barcroft & Tom Petit now at Denby Glass Studio, Anthony Wassell (now semi-retired) works on his own
Hough, Catherine
Unit 2, Union Ct, Union Rd, London SW4 6JH (020-7498 6453)
Elegant hand-blown perfume-bottles, bowls, vases & paperweights in a wide range of colours, variously cut, polished & textured, both production & one-off
Houghton, Fiona Denoon
Unit 4c, New Mills, Libby's Drive, Slad Rd, Stroud, Glos GL5 1RN (01453-763 545)
Bowls & dishes, tableware, brooches, coasters, mobiles, made using kiln-forming techniques of slumping sheet-glass into refractory moulds. Decoration applied using sandblasted methods & fired-on glass lustre colours
Hughes, Paul (see Denise Hunt & Paul Hughes)
Hunt, Denise (see Denise Hunt & Paul Hughes)
Hunter, Sean
15 East St, Crowland, Nr. Peterborough PE6 0EN (01733-211 147)
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Lamp-worked glass beads, earrings, necklaces, lighting pulls, components, using recycled 'Tiffany / Cathedral' and scrap glass. Soda-lime, lamp-worked at high temperature, molten glasss wound onto a mandrel and hand-crafted to shape/colourways
Hyams, Steve
2 Carlton Ave, Prestwich, Manchester M25 0EB (0161-740 3165)
Designs trophies, commemorative & presentation pieces for special occasions, combining molten glass & engraved glass, to the client's requirements. Also artistic forms, natural or figurative, mirrors, engraving, etching etc
Ian Bamforth Glass
26 Limes Avenue, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 1PA (07763-385 578)
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Brother of Vic Bamforth. Hot-formed art glass vases etc (resident glassblower at Red House Glass Cone)
IceFire Glass
Antartex Village, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, G83 0TP (01389 755928)
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John & Anne Assiter-Tuppen. Over 30 years' combined experience. Unique, hand-blown Scottish glass. Visitors welcome (5 minutes from Loch Lomond). Open seven days a week (except Christmas day!), 1000 - 1730h
Inman, Nick (see Chameleon Crystal)
Integrated Glass Forming (IGF)
31 Templar Road, Yate, Bristol, BS37 5TF (01454-880 892, mobile 07890-809 242)
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Established in 2001 by Mike Rowe. Glass fusing, slumping, texturing and glass casting. Facilities available for hire by other artists
International Glass Centre
Dudley College, Moor Street, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 3EP (01384-363 067)
Provides practical glass-working & design courses
Ireson Associates
110 Gloucester Ave, London NW1 (020-7328 4132)
Stained glass
Isaksson, Elin
44 Woolcarder’s Court, Stirling FK7 9RA, Scotland (0796- 887 1439)
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Trained at the Orrefors glass school. BA (Hons), MA in Glass & Architectural Glass Design, artist in residence at Edinburgh College of Art. Contemporary Swedish-design blown & cast sculptural, lighting and architectural glass
Island Studio Glass (a.k.a. Guernsey Glass)
Oatlands Craft Centre, St Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Founded c 1980, with advice & help from Michael Harris (see Isle of Wight Studio Glass). Mainly small souvenir pieces, such as vases, animal figures, paperweights etc., often with trademark Guernsey 'seal' (3 lions passant on a shield)
Sadly, we have been informed (October 2002) that this glassworks closed sometime in the 1990s
Isle of Man Glass
(address unknown)
Isle of Sark Glass
Sark, Channel Islands (01481-832 419)
Isle of Wight Studio Glass
Old Park, St Lawrence, Ventnor, Isle-of-Wight PO38 1XR (01983-853 526)
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Established 1973. Hand-blown studio glass. Michael Harris (founder of Mdina Glass, died 1995), with his wife Elizabeth, son Timothy, and son Jonathan (who left to join Okra 1999).
Jackson, Sarah (see Sarah Jackson Creations)
Jane Bohane Glass
The Studio, Leith Vale, Standon Lane, Ockley, Surrey RH5 5QR (mobile: 07855-149 566)
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Jane works from a Victorian potting shed in a derelict kitchen garden, producing highly original sculptural works, combining coloured glass with found objects, using various techniques. Visits by prior arrangement only
Jane Charles Studio Glass
Unit 21, Riversdale Court, Newburn Haugh Industrial Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 8SG (0191-340 7479)
also available from: Chapter House Glass Gallery, 11 Friars Green, Blackfriars, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4XN (0191-447 3161)