Crackleglass

Ali’s family heirlooms included 6 very pretty goblets with a ‘crackled’ top and amber foot.

I loved these sparkling antiques and was curious to note that the crackling technique seemed not to be present anywhere in the market at that time.

I visited several factories across the UK and was told that crackling was a very tricky thing to get right and the craftsmen who used to do it had retired or passed away many years ago.

It therefore took me a while, but in the end I managed to set up a small production facility with the help of Nazeing Glass in Broxbourne and so Crackleglass was re-born!

I mixed colour, form and materials to create what some say are my most elegant designs… evidently my Butter Dish was one of Sir Terence Conran’s favourite objects!