It was so nice to set up in the warm sunshine at Knebworth for the Cambridge Glass Fair, last year it was freezing. The sunshine brought out more people and hall 4 was busy. We managed to sell a few things and received a commission to make a weight, this had to contain silhouette canes […]
Twists Glass Studio were pleased to see they were included in Giftware Review & Home Interiors magazine Jan/Feb 2019 edition three times. Check out page 6, title Artisanal awards finalist. Page 123 Twists Glass Studio, Spring Fair Birmingham, Hall 6, Stand SO2. And page 130 titled British Luxury. Twists will be at Spring Fair Birmingham […]
Twists Glass Studio have just finished the Glasgow Spring Fair at the SECC, which turned out to be successful. The next show is the Spring Fair Birmingham at the NEC from Sunday 3rd to Thursday the 7th of Feb, we hope to see you there, but check out our web site as we can only […]
“Penguins on Holiday” This concept came from watching a wildlife documentary on penguins showing the harsh conditions they face on a daily basis, and I thought, “they could do with a holiday”. Featuring the humorous side of my designing, all are dressed in their colourful holiday outfits formed from “zanfirico” cane, except one, the non-conformist […]
Twists Glass Studio joined the CGS for the first time this year and this week they have featured us on their Facebook site. It was interesting to look back on some “one of one” designs that I had made in the past but also they reminded me that I had been twice finalist for a […]
Michael and Susan Hunter have been chosen as finalists for an international award. Tableware International have just chosen their Awards of Excellence, the 17 categories in this international competition was open to designers and manufacturers of tableware. Altogether there were 274 entries with 148 tabletop brands from across the world and 28 international judges. Mike […]
We have finally joined the Facebook community and created a Facebook page and group to allow our customers and friends to interact with us and better see what we get up to. Please feel free to like our page and join our group- we would love to have you.
If you are going to the NGF on Nov 4th please stop by the Michael James Hunter/Twists Glass Studio stand 16 in hall 1 and say hello, and maybe take a look at our new blown pieces made just this week. We will also be showing some of our blown archived pieces that we discovered […]
Twists Glass Studio will be showing new work and work from their archive which will be for sale at the National Glass Fair which is held at the Motorcycle Museum just of the roundabout M42 for Coventry and the NEC. Having had a tidy up (for those of you who have visited us it still […]
Murrine is making a comeback in the glass world. Most people mistakenly call this type of work millefiori, but millefiori is a basic form of murrina. One of the oldest forms of glass making the forming of murrine pre-dates glass blowing and is formed from overlay colours. There is a huge resurgence of this art […]