The Times - Entrepreneurs Network Feature
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Peter Layton features in The Times' Entrepreneurs Network, speaking with writer Niamh Curran as he prepares to hand over the studio and gallery to his daughter Sophie Layton and her husband, Tim Rawlinson.
Reflecting on 50 years of London Glassblowing, from its 1976 founding on the banks of the River Thames to today's Bermondsey Street home, Peter describes a lifelong labour of love — and, at 89, no plans to step away from the furnaces entirely.
"We hope that the work is life enhancing... I just want a whole range of people to enjoy our work."
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Women in Glass
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.