Current Exhibition

Exhibition 4 – Heritage Techniques and Objects

Current Exhibition

Exhibition 4 – Heritage Techniques and Objects

Heritage Techniques and Objects

Deadline – 18th October
Live – 31st October
Makers online Talk – TBC
End – 18th January 2027

Heritage Techniques and Objects. This exhibition aims to bring together contemporary glass artworks that reflect on the material’s rich history while reimagining it through a present-day lens. The exhibition will feature works that adopt, adapt, and exploit traditional glassmaking techniques, alongside pieces that reference or reinterpret antique and historic glass objects. By engaging with heritage processes and forms, the artworks will explore ideas of continuity, memory, and transformation, revealing how the past remains an active and evolving influence within contemporary glass practice.

Launched on:31st October 2026



Malachite
Sea Arch 2,
Tree House
I had one of those
Colour Bathing Lamp
Spring Tulip
Obstinacy
Invisible Reef
Island Traces, Amber
Avalon
Ivory Globe-bead
Peaceful Mooring
Stained, Painted and Fused 2026
That nose on the loose
Recycling Narratives, All Aboard, Amber

Artist:Josh Atkinson

Email:josh@harbourartglass.co.uk

Title:Malachite

Description: Inspired by natural formations of Malachite, this collection of Murrine Vessels have been made by combining the heritage of Venetian murrine with contemporary kiln-forming techniques, creating distinctive handmade glass artwork in my North Yorkshire studio.

Contact: Josh Atkinson

Details: Kiln-formed glass murrine vessel

Price: 190

Photo Credit: Josh Atkinson

Dimension: 19 x 7

Shop: https://www.harbourartglass.co.uk/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Crispian Heath

Email:crispianheath@hotmail.com

Title:Sea Arch 2,

Description: Cast glass, inspired by the Orkney coastline.

Contact: Crispian Heath 0191 2911401

Details: 27 X 24 X 12 cm

Price: £1850

Photo Credit: own

Dimension: 27 X 24 X 12 cm.

Shop: https:/crispianheath.uk

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Rachel Phillips

Email:studio@rachelphillipsglass.com

Title:Tree House

Description: Shown here atop a pink-sided glass cube, Tree House is one of a series of 3-d constructions that I have started making using the traditional stained glass techniques and materials I normally use in larger architectural work. They have a richness of colour and texture that I want to share with more varied audiences and places via smaller, more intimate works like these.

Contact: Rachel Phillips Glass

Details: Painted, Gilded and Stained Glass

Price: 450.00

Photo Credit: Stephen Heaton

Dimension: 100mm x 108mm x 150mm

Shop: https://www.rachelphillipsglass.com/shop-vIyfP

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Mary Corkery

Email:marycorkery@hotmail.com

Title:I had one of those

Description: This little cow is surrounded by a frame of delicate painted flowers. It works well in a window with a verdant outlook in order to 'borrow' from the landscape

Contact: marycorkery@hotmail.com

Details: Vintage butter dish lid mounted in stained glass with black painted frame made from recycled wood.

Price: £140

Photo Credit: Mary Corkery

Dimension: 32cm x 25.5cm x 2.2cm

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Louise V Durham

Email:louisevdurham@gmail.com

Title:Colour Bathing Lamp

Description: This fused-glass work transforms light into a radiant field of colour. As light passes through the glass, vivid bands spread across the surrounding space, inviting the viewer to pause and bathe in colour. I hope the piece evokes a sense of joy and wonder, while offering a moment of calm and peace. It celebrates glass’s remarkable ability to shape light and transform the atmosphere around us.

Contact: louisevdurham@gmail.com

Details: Fused glass lamp

Price: £400

Photo Credit: Louise Durham

Dimension: H23xw23xd23cm

Shop: https://www.louisevdurham.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Janine Altman

Email:janine.altman@gmail.com

Title:Spring Tulip

Description: This work draws inspiration from the concept of crackle glass, a technique originating in 17th-century Venice. This process of fracturing and resealing the glass, parallels many of life's experiences. The marks left by such ruptures do not vanish completely; they remain as a testament to what has been lived, transforming fragility into a new form of strength and beauty.

Contact: Janine Altman

Details: Flameworking and Fusing techniques, with Bullseye and recycled glass.

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Janine Altman

Dimension: 16 x 30 x 30 cm

Shop: http://www.janinealtman.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Silvina Valls

Email:silvina.valls@gmail.com

Title:Obstinacy

Description: My work, *Obstinación*, is defined by its balance between fragility and strength. It reflects that persistence in the face of adversity, that vital impulse, that force which sustains the form even when it seems on the verge of giving way. The yellow conveys energy and vitality, whilst the greys merely reflect. The work explores perseverance and transformation as its central theme, whilst preservin

Contact: @silvina.valls

Details: Pâte de verre. Bullseye glass on a refractory mould.

Price: 500

Photo Credit: Fiona Grosmark

Dimension: 10X 25 X 10

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Elena Fleury-Rojo

Email:redflowerglass@hotmail.com

Title:Invisible Reef

Description: The work brings together art, science and conservation, creating a connection between two fragile worlds: the threatened marine environments that inspire it and the endangered craft skills used to realise it. By incorporating scientific glassblowing into my practice, I hope to help keep these techniques alive and demonstrate their continuing relevance to contemporary glass.

Contact: Elena Fleury-Rojo

Details: Flameworking and Scientific Glass Blowing Techniques

Price: £3,600

Photo Credit: Sophie Booth Photography

Dimension: 30 x 17 x 17 cm

Shop: https://redflowerglass.co.uk

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Linda Norris

Email:linda@linda-norris.com

Title:Island Traces, Amber

Description: This vessel explores the relationship between people, landscape and material through glass and soil. Inspired by a Bronze Age burial urn shard from Wales, it embeds soil from the archaeological landscape within the glass, preserving fragments of place.
Referencing the burial urn as a vessel of memory and ancestry, it connects ancient ceramic traditions with contemporary glassmaking. Silica links

Contact: Linda Norris

Details: Blown glass with soil inclusions and hot embossed detail.

Price: 750

Photo Credit: Dewi Tannatt Lloyd

Dimension: 15x15x15cm

Shop: https://linda-norris.com/product/island-traces-amber/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Sue Burne

Email:sueburneart@gmail.com

Title:Avalon

Description: Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels (where I live) are where Arthurian legends are very much still part of the heritage of the landscape. Glass engraving is an old art form though often done now with modern microdrills. Using 5 themes from the Arthurian legends to tell a story, I covered this special vase in intricate ancient motifs. All are highly symbolic and add further meaning to be explored.

Contact: Sue Burne

Details: vase (blower Sonja Klingler) is clear glass with amber and green overlays

Price: £14500

Photo Credit: Justin Krause

Dimension: Ht 21cm Dia. 21.5cm

Shop: https://www.instagram.com/sueburne_glassengraver/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Alessia Fuga

Email:info@alessiafuga.com

Title:Ivory Globe-bead

Description: This work reinterprets traditional Murano lampwork beadmaking, transforming glass beads into decorative objects through scale, material and colour. At 6 cm in diameter, the bead becomes sculptural. Silver leaf oxidation creates timeless chromatic effects, while raised dots, an early decorative motif on ancient beads, are reimagined through a contemporary visual language and aesthetic.

Contact: Alessia Fuga

Details: Murano glass lampwork glass bead; silver leaf; customized brass base

Price: 460£

Photo Credit: Alessia Fuga

Dimension: Glass bead: 6cm in diametr. Stand: 20cm high

Shop: https://alessiafuga.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Mattt Wilson

Email:enquiries@creativeretreatsandholidays.co.uk

Title:Peaceful Mooring

Description: Historic tradition meets heritage glass processes…
Canals and narrowboats in the UK have been used since the 1700s to transport both heavy things (such as coal to fire glass furnaces) and things such as glass and ceramics too fragile for the state of the roads. In the 21st century they’re still used, though mostly for peaceful holidays.
This stained glass panel comprises traditionally hand painted

Contact: Mattt Wilson

Details: Sheet glass, painted with tracing black and enamels, leaded stained glass

Price: £185

Photo Credit: Mattt Wilson

Dimension: 31cm x 25cm

Shop: https://www.creativeretreatsandholidays.co.uk/gorgeous-glass-gifts/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Linda Harris

Email:info@racingtabby.uk

Title:Stained, Painted and Fused 2026

Description: Carefully cut pieces of stained and painted glass are pieced together using lead cames. This is the heritage technique used to make large windows in important buildings such as churches. In the UK it dates back to over a thousand years.
I made a small window using this technique, then I fused it in a modern way between two pieces of clear glass. The lead boils and gathers into small silver beads

Contact: Linda Harris

Details: Kiln formed glass with lead inclusions

Price: £300.00

Photo Credit: Linda Harris

Dimension: 30cm by 30cm

Shop: https://www.racingtabby.uk

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Irina Levina

Email:iri.499763@gmail.com

Title:That nose on the loose

Description: Inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s satirical masterpiece The Nose, this diptych reimagines the surreal separation of status from its human owner through the fluid medium of contemporary glass. The artwork engages directly with historical glass typologies, transforming traditional apothecary and decorative vessel forms into a conceptual narrative of fragmentation.

Contact: iri.499763@gmail.com

Details: Medium/Technique: Free-blown clear glass with colored glass frit, 2026

Price: Price upon request

Photo Credit: @by Irina Levina

Dimension: Large vessel: H 24 cm, Ø 12 cm; Small vessel: H 13 cm, Ø 12 cm

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Hannah Gibson

Email:hannah@hannahgibsonglass.co.uk

Title:Recycling Narratives, All Aboard, Amber

Description: Created from reclaimed amber railway signal lenses, All Aboard Amber transforms Britain's industrial heritage into contemporary cast glass sculptures. Once essential to guiding trains safely, these lenses find new purpose through glass casting.

Part of the ongoing Recycling Narratives series, the work explores heritage, memory and transformation, preserving the material's history.

Contact: Hannah Gibson

Details: Cast from recycled railway signal lenses

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Alick Cotterill

Dimension: 27cm, 9cm and 4cm tall

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE
Malachite
Sea Arch 2,
Tree House
I had one of those
Colour Bathing Lamp
Spring Tulip
Obstinacy
Invisible Reef
Island Traces, Amber
Avalon
Ivory Globe-bead
Peaceful Mooring
Stained, Painted and Fused 2026
That nose on the loose
Recycling Narratives, All Aboard, Amber

Artist:Josh Atkinson

Email:josh@harbourartglass.co.uk

Title:Malachite

Description: Inspired by natural formations of Malachite, this collection of Murrine Vessels have been made by combining the heritage of Venetian murrine with contemporary kiln-forming techniques, creating distinctive handmade glass artwork in my North Yorkshire studio.

Contact: Josh Atkinson

Details: Kiln-formed glass murrine vessel

Price: 190

Photo Credit: Josh Atkinson

Dimension: 19 x 7

Shop: https://www.harbourartglass.co.uk/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Crispian Heath

Email:crispianheath@hotmail.com

Title:Sea Arch 2,

Description: Cast glass, inspired by the Orkney coastline.

Contact: Crispian Heath 0191 2911401

Details: 27 X 24 X 12 cm

Price: £1850

Photo Credit: own

Dimension: 27 X 24 X 12 cm.

Shop: https:/crispianheath.uk

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Rachel Phillips

Email:studio@rachelphillipsglass.com

Title:Tree House

Description: Shown here atop a pink-sided glass cube, Tree House is one of a series of 3-d constructions that I have started making using the traditional stained glass techniques and materials I normally use in larger architectural work. They have a richness of colour and texture that I want to share with more varied audiences and places via smaller, more intimate works like these.

Contact: Rachel Phillips Glass

Details: Painted, Gilded and Stained Glass

Price: 450.00

Photo Credit: Stephen Heaton

Dimension: 100mm x 108mm x 150mm

Shop: https://www.rachelphillipsglass.com/shop-vIyfP

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Mary Corkery

Email:marycorkery@hotmail.com

Title:I had one of those

Description: This little cow is surrounded by a frame of delicate painted flowers. It works well in a window with a verdant outlook in order to 'borrow' from the landscape

Contact: marycorkery@hotmail.com

Details: Vintage butter dish lid mounted in stained glass with black painted frame made from recycled wood.

Price: £140

Photo Credit: Mary Corkery

Dimension: 32cm x 25.5cm x 2.2cm

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Louise V Durham

Email:louisevdurham@gmail.com

Title:Colour Bathing Lamp

Description: This fused-glass work transforms light into a radiant field of colour. As light passes through the glass, vivid bands spread across the surrounding space, inviting the viewer to pause and bathe in colour. I hope the piece evokes a sense of joy and wonder, while offering a moment of calm and peace. It celebrates glass’s remarkable ability to shape light and transform the atmosphere around us.

Contact: louisevdurham@gmail.com

Details: Fused glass lamp

Price: £400

Photo Credit: Louise Durham

Dimension: H23xw23xd23cm

Shop: https://www.louisevdurham.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Janine Altman

Email:janine.altman@gmail.com

Title:Spring Tulip

Description: This work draws inspiration from the concept of crackle glass, a technique originating in 17th-century Venice. This process of fracturing and resealing the glass, parallels many of life's experiences. The marks left by such ruptures do not vanish completely; they remain as a testament to what has been lived, transforming fragility into a new form of strength and beauty.

Contact: Janine Altman

Details: Flameworking and Fusing techniques, with Bullseye and recycled glass.

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Janine Altman

Dimension: 16 x 30 x 30 cm

Shop: http://www.janinealtman.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Silvina Valls

Email:silvina.valls@gmail.com

Title:Obstinacy

Description: My work, *Obstinación*, is defined by its balance between fragility and strength. It reflects that persistence in the face of adversity, that vital impulse, that force which sustains the form even when it seems on the verge of giving way. The yellow conveys energy and vitality, whilst the greys merely reflect. The work explores perseverance and transformation as its central theme, whilst preservin

Contact: @silvina.valls

Details: Pâte de verre. Bullseye glass on a refractory mould.

Price: 500

Photo Credit: Fiona Grosmark

Dimension: 10X 25 X 10

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Elena Fleury-Rojo

Email:redflowerglass@hotmail.com

Title:Invisible Reef

Description: The work brings together art, science and conservation, creating a connection between two fragile worlds: the threatened marine environments that inspire it and the endangered craft skills used to realise it. By incorporating scientific glassblowing into my practice, I hope to help keep these techniques alive and demonstrate their continuing relevance to contemporary glass.

Contact: Elena Fleury-Rojo

Details: Flameworking and Scientific Glass Blowing Techniques

Price: £3,600

Photo Credit: Sophie Booth Photography

Dimension: 30 x 17 x 17 cm

Shop: https://redflowerglass.co.uk

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Linda Norris

Email:linda@linda-norris.com

Title:Island Traces, Amber

Description: This vessel explores the relationship between people, landscape and material through glass and soil. Inspired by a Bronze Age burial urn shard from Wales, it embeds soil from the archaeological landscape within the glass, preserving fragments of place.
Referencing the burial urn as a vessel of memory and ancestry, it connects ancient ceramic traditions with contemporary glassmaking. Silica links

Contact: Linda Norris

Details: Blown glass with soil inclusions and hot embossed detail.

Price: 750

Photo Credit: Dewi Tannatt Lloyd

Dimension: 15x15x15cm

Shop: https://linda-norris.com/product/island-traces-amber/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Sue Burne

Email:sueburneart@gmail.com

Title:Avalon

Description: Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels (where I live) are where Arthurian legends are very much still part of the heritage of the landscape. Glass engraving is an old art form though often done now with modern microdrills. Using 5 themes from the Arthurian legends to tell a story, I covered this special vase in intricate ancient motifs. All are highly symbolic and add further meaning to be explored.

Contact: Sue Burne

Details: vase (blower Sonja Klingler) is clear glass with amber and green overlays

Price: £14500

Photo Credit: Justin Krause

Dimension: Ht 21cm Dia. 21.5cm

Shop: https://www.instagram.com/sueburne_glassengraver/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Alessia Fuga

Email:info@alessiafuga.com

Title:Ivory Globe-bead

Description: This work reinterprets traditional Murano lampwork beadmaking, transforming glass beads into decorative objects through scale, material and colour. At 6 cm in diameter, the bead becomes sculptural. Silver leaf oxidation creates timeless chromatic effects, while raised dots, an early decorative motif on ancient beads, are reimagined through a contemporary visual language and aesthetic.

Contact: Alessia Fuga

Details: Murano glass lampwork glass bead; silver leaf; customized brass base

Price: 460£

Photo Credit: Alessia Fuga

Dimension: Glass bead: 6cm in diametr. Stand: 20cm high

Shop: https://alessiafuga.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Mattt Wilson

Email:enquiries@creativeretreatsandholidays.co.uk

Title:Peaceful Mooring

Description: Historic tradition meets heritage glass processes…
Canals and narrowboats in the UK have been used since the 1700s to transport both heavy things (such as coal to fire glass furnaces) and things such as glass and ceramics too fragile for the state of the roads. In the 21st century they’re still used, though mostly for peaceful holidays.
This stained glass panel comprises traditionally hand painted

Contact: Mattt Wilson

Details: Sheet glass, painted with tracing black and enamels, leaded stained glass

Price: £185

Photo Credit: Mattt Wilson

Dimension: 31cm x 25cm

Shop: https://www.creativeretreatsandholidays.co.uk/gorgeous-glass-gifts/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Linda Harris

Email:info@racingtabby.uk

Title:Stained, Painted and Fused 2026

Description: Carefully cut pieces of stained and painted glass are pieced together using lead cames. This is the heritage technique used to make large windows in important buildings such as churches. In the UK it dates back to over a thousand years.
I made a small window using this technique, then I fused it in a modern way between two pieces of clear glass. The lead boils and gathers into small silver beads

Contact: Linda Harris

Details: Kiln formed glass with lead inclusions

Price: £300.00

Photo Credit: Linda Harris

Dimension: 30cm by 30cm

Shop: https://www.racingtabby.uk

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Irina Levina

Email:iri.499763@gmail.com

Title:That nose on the loose

Description: Inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s satirical masterpiece The Nose, this diptych reimagines the surreal separation of status from its human owner through the fluid medium of contemporary glass. The artwork engages directly with historical glass typologies, transforming traditional apothecary and decorative vessel forms into a conceptual narrative of fragmentation.

Contact: iri.499763@gmail.com

Details: Medium/Technique: Free-blown clear glass with colored glass frit, 2026

Price: Price upon request

Photo Credit: @by Irina Levina

Dimension: Large vessel: H 24 cm, Ø 12 cm; Small vessel: H 13 cm, Ø 12 cm

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Hannah Gibson

Email:hannah@hannahgibsonglass.co.uk

Title:Recycling Narratives, All Aboard, Amber

Description: Created from reclaimed amber railway signal lenses, All Aboard Amber transforms Britain's industrial heritage into contemporary cast glass sculptures. Once essential to guiding trains safely, these lenses find new purpose through glass casting.

Part of the ongoing Recycling Narratives series, the work explores heritage, memory and transformation, preserving the material's history.

Contact: Hannah Gibson

Details: Cast from recycled railway signal lenses

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Alick Cotterill

Dimension: 27cm, 9cm and 4cm tall

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

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