Having been born in the heart of the once world capital of glass making
many years ago, perhaps it was only natural in 1999, to try to use my
business expertise to put together a group aimed at saving the industry.
Since that time I have studied glass worldwide and when the opportunity
was recently created to mix business with pleasure, by bringing together
this collection of the very best local companies and individual artists,
it was too much to resist.
I have discovered that people buy glass for many different reasons….. sometimes they are intrigued by the technical complexity of the pieces, fascinated by the messages that the pieces are trying to portray, interested in the personality of the glass artist, wish to buy it and start collecting an artists pieces as an investment or, simply, because they love a piece and want it for themselves or to share it with someone special or friends that they admire.
I have had the pleasure of getting to know all of the artists in this collection. I have seen their work and their personalities develop and change by different influences and experiences in life; I hope that you will get to know them too – it’s sometimes challenging but always fascinating.
I can give you complete assurance that in this machine-led, high technology age, everything in this collection is created by hand and each piece is truly unique, created with care, dedication and skill, especially for you.
For whatever reasons you choose to purchase, please enjoy the experience and display the pieces with pride.
Best wishes,
Steve Parker
Founder.
P.S. Whilst finalising the contents of this website, my ‘locally
famous’ dog Ellie was diagnosed with cancer and sadly died. As
in the human form, research into finding cures for cancer is continuing
and a donation from all sales from this site will be made to the Flatcoated
Retriever Tumour Survey in her memory. See www.flatcoated-retriever-society.org