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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Today we are going to visit Burano. The little island close to Venice that is known for lace-making and its picturesque colourful houses. ...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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