Here is our address book. The sites shown below are all sites that we use regularly ourselves or are links to artists or craftsfolk whos work we like. They are grouped by type of site and include galleries that display Dichroic glass and jewellery (or should that be jewelry - I'm never sure!) suppliers to Dichroic glass jewellery makers, Craft Fair organisers and fellow artists.
Galleries
370 Gallery (Cleeve - UK) A local gallery and picture framer exhibiting Becky's work.
Glass Art Gallery (London - UK) Peter Layton's London Glassblowing is a hot glass studio focused on the creation and display of contemporary glass art. The studio has a reputation as one of Europe's leading glassmaking workshops with a particular flair for the use of colour, form and texture.
Studio Glass Gallery (London - UK) Established in 1995 in London's West End and featuring the very best European glass artists, including the new generation of Czech glass masters.
Cowdy Gallery (Newent - UK) Cowdy Gallery is one of the UK's largest independent glass galleries. The gallery, established in 1989 by Harry Cowdy and his wife Pauline Solven, shows work by leading and emergent glass artists.
Zest Gallery (London - UK) Zest Gallery is London's newest destination for contemporary glass that will showcase the work of renowned glass artists as well as new faces on the scene.
Shipley Art Gallery Gateshead - UK) Home to the broadest range of contemporary craft outside London.
Cecil Higgins Gallery (Bedford - UK) The Gallery holds a significant collection of glass much of which is on permanent display. With the exception of a few pieces of Roman and Egyptian glass, the earliest pieces in the collection are Venetian.
Fused glass artists supplies
Warm Glass UK (Wrington - UK) Warm Glass UK is an internet-based mail order art glass supplier, based in the UK and focusing on providing fusing glass and art glass supplies. Based in the village of Wrington, Somerset and close to our studio so we get to see all the latest Dichroic glass as it arrives from the USA.
Bullseye Glass Co. (Portland - USA) Based in Oregon in the US, sole manufacturer of Bullseye CoE90 sheet glass and associated glass products.
Coatings by Sandberg (Orange - USA) Website for Coatings by Sandberg, our main supplier of high quality dichroic glass.
Creative Glass UK (Rochester - UK) Supplier of a wide range of art glass supplies, kilns, tools and accessories, as well as technical advice and support. Swiss site with info on UK Branch
Cookson Gold (Birmingham - UK) Cookson Gold are a large company which specialises in supplying jewellery findings and supplies for jewellers and craftspeople.
Kiln Care (Stoke 0n Trent - UK) Kiln Care is a family run business who make specialist kilns for glass artists and potters. They have temperature controllers designed specifically for glas fusing and slumping. Our large flatbed kilns (up to 1000mm x 750mm) are made by Kiln Care.
Paragon Kilns UK (Mesquite - USA) Paragon kilns are made in the Texas, USA and are popular in most crafts that involve high temperatures. We use Paragon XPRESS-E14A kilns for our jewellery.
Skutt Ceramic Products (Portland - USA) Manufacturer of prestigious Skutt Kilns including the Hotstart Pro.
Northern Kilns (Garstang - UK) A small, family run company who design and manufacture quality kilns for the glass and other craft-related industries.
Societies and teaching centres
Contemporary Glass Society The Contemporary Glass Society is a non-profit making limited company established to encourage excellence in glass as a creative medium and develop a greater awareness and appreciation of contemporary glass world wide.
Glass Beadmakers UK A UK-based society for bead-makers to share and disseminate information about making glass beads.
warmglass.com US-based site maintained by Brad Walker, author of the fantastic fuser's guide "Contemporary Warm Glass". This site has a wealth of information about fusing and related topics as well as a very active glass Forum. A "must see!"
Crafts Council The UK's national organisation devoted to promoting UK contemporary craft. Funded by The Arts Council.
Society of Glass Technology The objects of the Society of Glass Technology are to encourage and advance the study of the history, art, science, design, manufacture, after treatment, distribution and end use of glass of any and every kind.
National Glass Centre The UK National Glass Centre based in Sunderland. Its aim is to develop and promote excellence in the art and industry of glass and houses studios for a range of artists working with glass.
Liquid Glass Centre One of the UK's foremost teaching centres for hot and kiln-formed glasses. They offer a range of courses for all levels as well as hosting Masterclasses with some of the world's leading glass artists.
Tuffnell Glass Teach bead-making and supply bead-making equipment as well as Effetre (Moretti) glass rods for lamp-working.
Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery offer a wide range of jewellery courses for beginners to advanced.
Craft fair organisers
Fellow craftsfolk and artists
These are folk who mostly live in North Somerset and the Chew Valley. We admire these peoples work and enjoy their friendship and company.
Caroline Cunningham Silk paintings Tapestry/applique wall hangings and firescreens Handmade cards each one individually designed
Pam Sayer Wonderful handmade bead and wire jewellery. If you love beads you'll love Pam's jewellery - lots of really innovative things unique to Pam. If it can be done with a bead - Pam does it!!
