Inspirations from the Masterclass with Max Stewart at Wolverhampton University, UK, 19th-22th August 2019. Aim of the class was to understand Pate-de-Verre-t...

Inspirations from the masterclass with Alicia Lomne (USA) - May 26 - June 3 2018. It is wonderful to learn her approach to Pate-de-Verre and how her colourfu...

Inspirations from the class with Peter Bauhuis (Germany, September 4-8 2018) who is best known for his cast vessels from various silver alloys. Aim of the cl...

An exciting workshop on glass casting. Angela Jarman's pieces are very inspiring and some of her work is on display in the V&A. After having experimented wit...

What an inspiration. Nora Fok speaks about her experience with nylon. It is lovely to delve into her design process. One of the objectives of the workshop is...

The goldsmithing masterclass with Felix Urs Stuessi and Norbert Mack took place in the lovely city of Freiburg, Germany. We enjoyed a few days of techniques ...

So this will be the last day our our journey. We decide to spend most of it in Venice. Again, we are lucky to have another sunny but cold day. Our short boat...

Today we are going to visit Burano. The little island close to Venice that is known for lace-making and its picturesque colourful houses. We will not be di...

The day starts with a look out of the window and onto the canal at Fondamenta Venier: Snow!! Unbelievable, but true. It is so cold that the surface of the ca...

Today we only stay in Lucio's Studio for the morning. In regards to the Carnavale that starts in Venice today, we witness the creation of a harlequin. ****...

This day starts with some practice on the men's torso. Lucio gives us some tricky bits to practice when he demonstrates a centaur. Especially the composition...

Our second day starts with some details that need to be practised in order to manage the larger pieces. We watch how legs can be made using different techniq...

After showing the group around in his workshop, Lucio introduces us to the world of sculptural lampworking. What a great challenge. In a couple of mindblowin...

The long awaited trip to Murano begins... A few very exciting days lay ahead... #Murano #Colour #lampworkers #detail

When looking for inspiration you would normally think of sources that can be found in the vicinity of your workshop or, at least, in an accessible distance. ...

Looking at some of my own beads it is easy to see that Kristina is a major inspiration for my work and I admire her style and attention to detail. It was a r...

I really like Claudia's colourful beads with faces of children or little dogs. She also creates complex murrini (for the eyes) and combines these with fine s...

It was a real pleasure to meet Michael Barley at the Volkmann's studio in Hamburg. I was interested to see how he works with regular Effetre glass and achiev...

A course I have been longing for: Complex murrini with japanese master Akihiro Ohkama. The work on the japanese lamp needs some getting used to. The flame sh...