Dezeen - PAD London Returns to UK Capital (2024)
London Glassblowing features in Dezeen's preview of PAD London 2024
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London Glassblowing's stand at PAD London 2024 (photo by Alick Cotterill)
Dezeen previews the 16th edition of PAD London in October 2024, naming London Glassblowing, England's longest-running hot glass studio, among the galleries that took part.
The piece highlighted our presentation at the fair, where a woodland-themed cabinet by French furniture maker Coucou Manou, made from black valchromat and ash, was shown alongside the studio's signature glassworks.
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Women in Glass - Exhibition Open Call
London Glassblowing invites applications from UK-based women working in glass to take part in Women in Glass, a group exhibition opening in September 2027 to coincide with the studio's celebration of Peter Layton's ninetieth birthday. We are pleased to welcome back Cathryn Shilling, London Glassblowing's gallery curator from 2010 to 2019, who returns as guest curator for this special exhibition.
A Bermondsey Street Collaboration
Renowned glass artist and founder of London Glassblowing, Peter Layton, has collaborated with old friend and celebrity chef, José Pizarro, to create 30 limited-edition platters, launching on 12 October, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of José Pizarro on Bermondsey Street and the 50th anniversary of London Glassblowing.
The Alchemist at Work: An Interview with Peter Layton
For Peter Layton's solo exhibition, our Marketing and Sales Assistant Eva sat down with Peter to talk about alchemy - from his birth in Prague, a city steeped in alchemical history, to the alchemy he finds in glass itself. Read on to hear how Peter revisited his earlier works for this exhibition, and why he chose to return to the dangerous iridising process.