News — Commission

Last week I finished a personalised baby bunting commission.  I cut small 'flags' out of glass, hand-painted each one with a letter and fired them before mounting each one in a frame with the new baby boy's birth details written underneath.  My customer, whose grandchild it was, wrote to me to say how happy she was, and I was delighted with her feedback -    "Hello Suzanne   Your picture arrived safely this afternoon.  Thank you so much.  I am delighted with it.  You have made it just how I had hoped it would be.  I am looking forward to 'presenting'...

Recently I was commissioned to make a special glass piece for a regular customer.  After a charity walk across the Sussex Downs, she wanted a freestanding piece of glassware that would remind her of the day and the beautiful sights she saw along the way.   The walk took her over the Seven Sisters Country Park and through Cuckmere Valley.  There were wild flowers along the way and a lighthouse in the distance. She asked that some of these could be incorporated in a unique glass piece. One of the things I love about working with glass is the ability...

I thought I'd share a recent commission with you, to showcase the kind of one off pieces that can be made to order.   I was asked to make a piece for a kitchen window that would look good day and night, without obstructing any incoming light, to soften the edges and make a feature.     Kitchen windows can often get steamed up, so a piece of glass is a perfect alternative to a fabric blind or curtain, and creates something beautiful to focus on when doing the washing up!   The result was several individual butterfly panels, which,...