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Will Shakspeare
Will Shakspeare graduated from West Surrey College of Art and Design in 1980. He originally intended to study ceramics but changed course to become a glass blower. Will has been running his Taunton, Somerset based glass blowing business for ten years. Will re-built his furnace himself, to his own requirements and now employs three glassblowers to assist him in producing his striking and colourful designs. Before blowing the glass a pre-heated blow-pipe is used to gather the molten material. Held horizontally and constantly rotated the glass is "marvered" on a steel arm. Coloured glass chips, powders or hot glass trails are then added and, once the piece starts to cool, the first bubble is blown. Once completed the pieces are cooled slowly in an annealler to help prevent cracking; after which it is ready for grinding or sand blasting and finishing. |
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