I often get asked if our twisted stemmed drinking glasses are “reproductions”. Our Georgian/Jacobite style drinking glasses are purposely designed for today’s market. The clarity of the glass, the shape, size and foot were designed in a contemporary style; not “Georgian”, not “Jacobite”, and all are hand signed and dated. My aim was to come […]
Sue and I watched Outlander Season 2, episode 3, and watched Jamie and Clair drinking from the air twist glasses which we supplied them with. I also gave them the drawing for the engraving on the glasses. Twists Glass Studio has been making this type of glass for over 20 years. I, Mike, made […]
Twists Glass Studio’s Mike Hunter returned from a very successful April 2018 “Paperweight Fest” held at the Creative Glass Centre of America, WheatonArts, in Millville NJ, USA. Mike gave two presentations, the first on how he made his picture cane murine, the second on his “Norfolk Assemblage”, a collaboration with American artist Colin Richardson, […]
I have noticed that there seems to be a bit of a paperweight revival going on at the moment. With the collectors this has skipped a generation, and it’s the grandchildren who are now collecting. Also there seems to be a few younger makers and dealers on the scene. Paperweights have had a bad reputation […]
We had a good show at the NGF; saw lots of friends. And despite the rumours, we are still in a very progressive making and designing mode as some of the new work shows. Last week we made some bowls and vases using some old filigree/latticinio incalmo cups that date back to 1999-2000. These worked […]
Twists Glass Studio will be at the National Glass Fair on 6th May 2018. This will be held at the National Motorcycle Museum. Twists will have some new pieces developed especially for the show, so come and see us in Hall 1.
Twists Glass Studio team of Mike and Sue Hunter returned from their successful trip to the US. The event was the bi-annual “Paperweight Fest” organised by the Delaware Valley PCA chapter and Wheaton Arts in Millville, New Jersey. Wheaton Arts houses “The Creative Glass Centre of America”. Mike gave two short presentations which were very […]
Some people have had trouble finding our new web site. We have two, our old one serves only for address and phone no, the e-mail address is obsolete. That site has a green edge to it, this, the new one, is far more plain with photos of our work along the top of each page. […]
Twists Glass Studio partner Michael James Hunter was the first glass maker in the UK to use Venetian style cane making in studio glass. Much of today’s “cane work” is actually sandblasted or trailed, a continuous thread of molten colour that actually wraps a spiral around the core of glass when turned. Cane making is […]
Some of you have had difficulty finding our web site and contact details: Twists Glass Studio. Unit4 Weavers Court, Forest Mill Selkirk, Scottish Borders, UK. Tel: (+44) 01750 23195 E-mail: twists400@gmail.com