London Glassblowing Studio and Gallery

If love at first sight was like… entering the London Glassblowing Studio for the first time.
Zara L and I were happily wandering around after an overfull lunch and she was just saying how a cup of mulled wine would go down a treat. Well, we didn’t manage to get round to contemplating entering a pub yet, but chanced upon this glass studio so we went it to escape from the cold.
Guess what? They gave us a cup of mulled wine and such detailed explanation of what happens at the gallery. We had a super fun half hour sipping some mulled wine, watching an artist sculpt glass and looked at the wonderful things that other people have made at the studio. Just what you need before christmas!
Sadly, the one day introductory course is around £500 so unfortunately, that ends my dream of becoming the next Chihuly.

This place is exceedingly interesting. You can pop in and watch pull a lump of molten glass on a stick out of a furnace and then watch them blow and roll it into all manner of glass ornaments and vases. If you are exceedingly well heeled, you can buy them too. Prices are just a little shy of the ‘if you have to ask…’ range.

The London Glassblowing Workshop offers one-​day introductory glassblowing lessons once or twice a month. It’s a great day, you learn and make a lot (I made 2 paperweights, a dish and a vase). They really help you to make pieces in the styles and colours that you want, and there’s only 2 students per instructor. Next door is the Peter Layton glass gallery, for inspiration.