Sold one of my large "Sweetie Pie" bowls

Exhibited at the Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society's exhibition at the Hostry Norwich Cathedral this week and sold the largest (and best) of my " Sweetie Pie" bowls. Am thrilled that someone loved it as much as I did. I'm rather sad that it's gone in fact and would love to be a 'fly on the wall' wherever it now lives. You get so close to your pieces of art and although you put them out there to sell, you always lose something of yourself when they do find new owners. Anyway, here it is so you can judge for yourselves.

New glass and Burnham Market Craft Fair

Phew! Well that was exciting! Working up to the Burnham Market Craft Fair that is... It went well and was a lovely day in spite of the threat of rain. Sold some stuff and had a thoroughly enjoyable day. Pictures show how nice it all was. The bowl is our newest line - I am pleased with the final look and thrilled that we managed to retain the pie-crust edge.

Glass coming along nicely for Burnham Market Craft Fair

I am busy making lots of plates for my new collection.
When I made the first of these plates people were totally loving them and saying "they look like sweet wrappers" or "I love the pie crust feel of the edge".
So "SweetiePie" is the name of the range - the power of communication lives!

Hope you like them. I'll have loads at Burnham Market and am happy to take commissions too - for special colours if you like.
I've started to sign them too so my name will live on - in glass!

A first for Burlingham Glass

First blog and first commissioned piece - well it's not really my first commissioned piece because I have made special 'quotation' plates before. But I've never created a piece from scratch as the result of a particular brief. My client wanted something to give a very special friend. And this is the resulting piece.

Client very pleased, recipient very pleased (even phoned me to say so) and I think it is a style I could build upon. It is made entirely of glass, is totally durable, and will last forever without fading.

Also continuing to produce further items in a new design which I call 'sweetie-pie'. My first piece was a large plate (shown below) and the detailed edge is a style to develop. Everyone who has seen it so far loves it (a good sign I'd say). Every plate uses different glass in a random fashion which makes each one unique. I'm happy to take commissions and to work in a limited palette if asked.