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Frank:
Tracking down some of these people would be useful because there are clearly techniques and 'ways of doing' that have commonality, though could have arisen in more than one place and also spontaneously. That a lot of people did this is not disputed and a lot of them were glassworkers that were stopped from working in a glass-works due to health problems. Health problems caused, in part at least, by the toxicity of the materials they worked with. Others are following a family tradition, Lauscha and holiday resorts.

Anne:
There used to me a chap did these type of things who had a short-lived shop in Kendal. I don't know where he went to though after the shop closed.  There was also a lampworker in Brighton (t'other Anne knows of this one too) but I think he's retired as well now.  I have some of the latter's output... in fact, Frank, as they are cats and snowmen they ought to be visiting the Zoo! :) 

I'm also pretty certain there's at least one in Blackpool still... maybe we should have a thread to collect locations of these one-man band lampworker places?

Carolyn Preston:

--- Quote from: Anne on February 24, 2007, 04:20:51 PM ---I'm also pretty certain there's at least one in Blackpool still... maybe we should have a thread to collect locations of these one-man band lampworker places?

--- End quote ---

I know they used to hang out at what we call The Stampede. The local annual summer agricultural exhibition/rodeo/summer giant huge party. I used to be fascinated by their ability to make such intricate things from bits of glass. (Seem to recall some glass blowing as well).

I now own one such thing in my Scottish kitsch  ::) collection of a thistle, flanked by leaves with the top of the thistle and leaves in coloured glass.  8)  :)

Carolyn

Anne:
These are my lampwork bits... both from the Brighton lampworker. The cats are very dark purple (meant to be black) - one of his regular lines, and the snowmen were made especially for me - he'd never made those before but was apparently quite taken with the idea and kept them as a regular afterwards.
Cats:  http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-230
Snowmen:  http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-232

The only other lampwork pieces I have are...

my Murano neodymium elephants - of which there were four and are now only two. :(  My mother brought them back from one of her holidays for me.
Elephants:    http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-231

and my two fauns, which I found in a charity shop a while ago:
Upright faun:  http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-991
Reclining faun:  http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-992
The reclining faun has a cute red nose so I guess he's Rudolph, and the standing one survived being knocked out of the cabinet where he lives, dropping four-feet down onto a quarry-tiled floor and escaped unscathed - which is more than can be said for the 2 liqueur glasses and 1 wine glass that went with him!  ::)

Frank:
Interesting one http://www.pierglassstudio.co.uk/ their work pops up on ebay as Pirelli/Murano

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