cdcv
- TWEEDSMUIR GLASS
- TWEEDSMUIR
- BIGGAR
- LANARKSHIRE
- ML12 6QN
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- CHRIS DODDS BORN 1953 KING'S LYNN, NORFOLK.
- STARTED AN APPRENTICESHIP 1968 AT KING'S LYNN
GLASS.
- ACHEIVED MASTERSHIP 1974. CONTINUED TO WORK IN
HAND MADE GLASS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER WITH BOTH LARGE AND
SMALL COMPANIES IN THE UK.
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- STARTED OWN BUSINESS, TWEEDSMUIR GLASS, 1993.IN
THE BORDERS OF SCOTLAND. HERE CHRIS HAS A SMALL GLASS
FURNACE HOLDING APPROX 100kg MOLTEN GLASS, AT A CONSTANT
TEMPERATURE OF 1150c. ALL THE ITEMS ARE MADE ENTIRELY BY
HAND, BY GATHERING A GOBULE OF CLEAR GLASS ON A METAL
ROD, THIS IS THEN ROLLED IN POWDERED COLOURED GLASS,
WHICH AHERES TO THE SURFACE WITH THE HEAT. WHILE THIS IS
STILL MOLTEN CHRIS MAKES THE PATERN, AND THEN COVERS IT
WITH MORE CLEAR GLASS BY DIPPING IT BACK INTO THE MOLTEN
GLASS OF THE FURNACE. THE FINAL SHAPE OF THE ITEM IS
FORMED WITH THE AID OF TWEEZERS, SHEARS AND WET
NEWSPAPER. MANY OF THE GLASSMAKING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM MASTER TO APPRENTICE OVER THE
YEARS MOST BEING HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD.
- AT TWEEDSMUIR GLASS CHRIS HAS DEVELOPED MANY
RANGES OF PAPERWEIGHTS, ANIMALS, VASES AND PERFUME
BOTTLES, WHICH ARE SOLD THROUGHOUT THE UK. THE LATEST
RANGE OF PAPERWEIGHTS CAPTURE TEXT INSIDE THE GLASS AND
CAN BE INDIVIDUALLY PERSONALISED.
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