Commissions

In 2015 I made pair of macaw’s for the top of a wedding cake. Images are taken by willfullerphotography.com

For a friends wedding I was asked to make a glass topper for one of the cakes. The flowers were hydrangea flowers with dragonflies  and the colours green and blue. It was my first multi piece work made on a framework under the flowers.

This was my first large scale borosilicate figurative work. Each measured approximately 70-100mm high. Each is made from solid glass rods sculpted within the flame, the pink colouring is done hot with a the technique Gold fuming. Where 24ct Gold is held in the flame, where it burns off and settles on the glass further […]

I had 34 figures to create in total, 3 categories Canoe, Kayak and Double Canoes. 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and age group prizes for all three categories. Colour was added using Lustres, Mother of Pearl, Gold, Platinum and Copper.

I had only been making borosilicate glass for a few months when I had a request for a wedding anniversary gift. They said the sort of thing they liked and what would be best for them. The Penguins measure approximately 50-80mm tall, colour was added using a grey and platinum lustre which was then fired […]