current British glassmakers & refiners: G to J

Glasform
123 Talbot Rd, Blackpool, Lancs FY1 3QY (01253-626 410)
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Established 1982 by John Ditchfield, after serving a 7-year apprenticeship at Venetian Glass Co, under Franco Toffio, a skilled Murano glassblower. Hand-blown one-off vases, lamp-bases, vessels & paperweights, mainly with iridescent finishes. His signature used on its own for a couple of years before he created Glasform.

Glass Art Gallery, The (see The London Glassblowing Workshop)

Glassblobbery, The
Glanrafon Hall, Glanrafon, Corwen, Denbeighshire, North Wales LL21 0HA (01490-460 440)
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David & Wendy Pryce-Jones. David started working for himself in 1977, the Glassblobbery opening as a workshop for visitors in 1994. Fantastical lamp-worked animals - dragons, dolphins, owls etc.

Glassblowers Workshop, The
The Star Brewery, Fisher Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1YJ (01273-486 356)
We have been informed that this glassworks closed in 1997

Glass by David
29 Masons Avenue, Harrow, Middx HA3 5AH (020-8863 6918)
Lamp-worked fruit etc.

Glass Designs
Unit 4, Manor Farm, Manor Farm Courtyard, Rowsham (on A418), Aylesbury, Bucks HP22 4QP (01296-688 901)
Lamp-worked scent-bottles, candle-holders, vases. Call before visit, 0900-1700h

Glass Gallery, The
Fore St, St Erith, Cornwall TR27 6HT (01736-756 577)
Norman Stuart Clarke. Highly decorative art glass vases, bowls & bottles, free-blown, signed & dated. Iridising & acid-etching used to create unique "painterly" decorative glass vessels

Glass Heritage
Reynolds Warehouse, The Docks, Gloucester GL1 2EN (01452-503 803)

Glasshouse, The
Melior Place, London SE1 3QP (020-7407 6575)
Andrew David Logan. A sculptor who uses glass in the mosaic technique, in his own unique style. Abstract & figurative forms, brooches, mirrors, mobiles, public art, using resin, found objects, mirror, all types of stained glass. Connection to following (if any) unknown

Glasshouse, The
21 St Albans Place, London N1 0NX (020-7359 8162)
Established 1969 in Covent Garden, London by Samuel J "Sam" Herman (US), tutor in glass dept. of Royal College of Art, as workshop for RCA students (Herman left to go to Australia 1974). Annette Meech: Large hand-blown organic-form vases, bowls etc, with strong use of colour, sometimes incorporating casting techniques. Fleur Tookey: Coloured hand-blown lead-free glass one-offs & series pieces including decanters, plates, bowls, perfume-bottles, vases, goblets & candlesticks. Christopher Williams: Contemporary-looking cut or sandblasted colour-cased vessels. Other founder-members (now independent glassworkers) include Pauline Solven, Steven Newell, Jane Gilchrist, Dillon Clarke, David Taylor, Iestyn Davies. Charlie Meaker & Anthony Stern both also trained here.

Glass Studio, The
9 Lichfield Terrace, Sheen Rd, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1AS (020-8948 1616)
Devi Khakhria. Highly-coloured patchwork kiln-formed, fused, polished & enamelled glass dishes & table-tops, limited edition coasters & clocks

Glassworks, The (see Victoria Glassworks (London) Ltd)

Glazed Expressions
40 Harman Rd, Enfield, Middx (020-8367 7880)
Stained glass

Golding, Richard (see Okra Glass)
Worked in Broadfield House Glass Museum workshop 1982-86

Gordon, Morag
25 Patterdale Gdns, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear NE3 4TT (0191-266 5037)
Blown vessels, etched & sandblasted through layers of different colours. Assembled sculptural forms using cast & float glass. Architectural commissions; sandblasted windows, installation pieces, using glass, photography, wood etc

Gray, Jane
Ferry Cottage, Shrawardine, Shrewsbury, Salop SY4 1AJ (01743-850 031)
Traditional, painted & acid-etched secular & ecclesiastical leaded stained glass windows

Green, Valerie (see Stained Glass Centre, The)

Greenhalgh Glass
Cauldwells Mill, Rowsley, Derbys DE24 2EB (01773-520 671 or 01629-735 634)
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Joy & Darrell Greenhalgh. Glass, enamel, 23 carat gold & silver combined to create large plates with imagery, which also make stunning wallpieces. Also sand-cast figures & free-blown lead crystal vessels & perfume-bottles

Grimshaw, Rosalind Ilse
6 Windsor Terrace, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 4LW (0117-927 6178)
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Rosalind Grimshaw & Patrick Costeloe. Secular & ecclesiastical stained glass windows, screens & doors, made in the traditional way, using glass, lead painting, staining & acid-etching. Also decorative mirrors

Guernsey Glass
Guernsey, Channel Islands (address unknown)

Gulland, David
The Old Coach House, 5 Rotchell Rd, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway DG2 7SP (01387-251 492)
David Fraser Morgan Gulland (formerly with Caithness Glass - left 1979). Copper-wheel engraving on crystal paperweights, perfume-bottles, commemorative objects etc & sand-blast decoration of secular or ecclesiastical windows, mirrors etc. Commissioned work for family occasions & public events

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)

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)

Hearn, Stuart (see First Glass Partnership)

Helix Glass Studio
2 Grange Avenue, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 6QG (01344-778 579, mobile: 07816-106 537)
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Owned and run by Helena Ross who graduated from Swansea Institute in 2004, having studied Architectural Stained Glass under Rodney Bender. Stained glass window art, fused glass giftware and dichroic jewellery.

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)

Hill, David (see Roman Glassmakers)

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

Holmes, Peter (see Selkirk Glass & Scottish Borders Art Glass)

Holt, Pauline (see Jazzy Lily Hot Glass)

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

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
Studio 9, Antartex Village, Lomond Industrial Estate, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, (01389 755928)
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John & Anne Assiter-Tuppen. Bespoke glassware designer/maker, fantasy, form & fuction. Clients, individuals or corporate, supplied globally

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

Ireson Associates
110 Gloucester Ave, London NW1 (020-7328 4132)
Stained glass

Island Studio Glass
Oatlands Craft Centre, St Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands (01481-49478)
Regrettably, we have been informed (October 2002) that this glassworks is now closed

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).

Jaylynne Glass Co Ltd
Dial Lane, Audnam, Stourbridge West Midlands DY8 4YP (01384-372 719)

Jazzy Lily Hot Glass
Buckinghamshire
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Established 1993 by Pauline Holt. Lamp-worked glass beads

Jenkins, Peter Wayne
Guildford, 2 Abbey Rd, Port Talbot, W Glams SA13 1EU (01639-882 948)
Hand-engraved crystal commemorative & presentation pieces, paperweights, vases, perfume-bottles, windows by either stippling or flexible-drive methods. Individual designs. Large or small commissions, special occasions or limited editions undertaken in UK or overseas

Jodi Wright Glass Design
Studio 26, Manchester Craft & Design Centre, 17 Oak Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 5JD (0161 839 0737)
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Kiln-formed glass products with a fresh and innovative approach to design for the contemporary interior

Johnson, Tlws
The Old Stores Workshop, Gawcott Main St, Buckingham, Bucks MK18 4HZ (01280-816 402)
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One-off mould-cast glass abstract forms, screens, window-pieces, sometimes on metal stands, in flowing shapes

Jones, Catrin
11 Chaddesley Terrace, Mount Pleasant, Swansea, W Glams SA1 6HB (01792-469 256)
Acid-etched, painted, sandblasted, appliqué & kiln-formed architectural stained glass

Jones, Kate (see Gillies Jones Glass Design)

Jones, Siobhan (see Siobhan Jones Designer Glass)

Jorvik Glass
The Stableyard, Castle Howard, North Yorkshire YO6 7DA (01653-648 555)

Joy, David
The Grange, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8LJ (01334-475 133)
Detailed fine-line glass engraving on crystal diamond-point. Portraiture, wild life, presentations (normally plinthed)

Juicy Glass
The Works, 32-40 Carrington Street, Nottingham NG1 7FG (0115-911 2715)
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Founded as Sarah McNicol Stained Glass 1994, re-launched under present name in January 2000. Sarah McNicol (designer), Julian Jennings (creative management). Fresh & original fused glass designs, from architectural & interior design to tablets & coasters

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