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At 87, Peter Layton remains one of the world's oldest actively practising glass artists. His London Glassblowing studio and gallery nurtures emerging and established talents while cultivating audiences for this relatively undiscovered medium.

Based on Bermondsey Street, the indefatigable Layton continues introducing contemporary glass art to new audiences while persistently advancing his own restless creative practice.

Tim Rawlinson is an internationally renowned glass artist whose work has been featured in major European exhibitions and leading American galleries. His artworks converge light, glass, and creativity to evoke fascination, pushing boundaries and inviting viewers to contemplate light's ethereal nature.

Rawlinson creates highly polished glass surfaces to manipulate the enchanting interplay between the material and light, making this dance the driving force behind his expression.

Anthony Scala's fascination with glass began at age 8 after visiting London Glassblowing. Though initially studying Architectural Model Making, he later interned with Peter Layton, igniting his career as a glass artist.

Over the years, Scala developed a signature style influenced by architecture, mathematics and physics. Enthralled by light and optical illusions, he pieces together refractive glass components to mystify viewers. "Glass is unpredictable. Its ability to bend light keeps me making work - the unexpected is captivating," he explains.

Nell Beale, known as Coucou Manou, graduated in 1994 from an HND Design course. She became a self-employed furniture maker, creating commissioned pieces for private clients, architects, and interior designers.

Based near Aix-en-Provence, Nell's latest collection, Wonderland, showcases her return to handcrafting unique, decorative pieces, using Valchromat and hand-held carving tools.

American artist Danny Lane's formative years in England studying under Patrick Reyntiens and at the Byam Shaw School of Art laid the groundwork for his drawing-centric creative process. Travels in Europe inspired an enduring interest in the relationship between art and architecture, a substantial influence on his work.

Alongside domestic work, Lane received architectural steel and glass sculpture commissions. Still based in his 1989 expanded London studio today, his draftsman origins continue driving a prolific, globally-exhibited output melding fine art with functional design.

Born and raised in New York, David Patchen discovered his passion for glassblowing in 2001, transitioning from a corporate marketing career to become a full-time artist. Now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, his intricate glass sculptures are renowned for their vibrant colours, complex patterns, and meticulous craftsmanship.

Patchen's artistic process begins with an exploration of pattern design. His pieces often originate from an envisioned colour palette, constructed by arranging and blowing cut segments of patterned cane into dazzling, mosaic-like artworks.

David Patchen and James Devereux began their unique collaborative partnership in 2019 after first crossing paths through social media. Their creative union emerged from a shared vision, combining Patchen's intricate patterning with Devereux's distinctive approach to hot sculpting.

Using Patchen's vibrant murrine patterns as the canvas, Devereux sculpts his sinuous, biomorphic shapes. Devereux's fluid, naturalistic forms breathe life into the abstract geometries, integrating them into evocative sculptural works.

Having studied together at the Royal College of Art, Hanne Enemark and Louis Thompson quickly recognised their collaborative potential. Their recent projects - Banyan, Ore, Penumbra and Karman - demonstrate the potential of two leading glass artists and combine immense skill and creativity. Featured in public collections worldwide, their works explore the tension between chaos and order, fragility and strength, internal structure and external form.

Elliot Walker, the sought-after British glass artist and winner of Netflix's Blown Away season 2, creates visually breathtaking still life compositions in glass. Drawing from an eclectic range of inspirations - abandonment, the human form, environmental catastrophes, and Old Master paintings - Walker explores symbolism and perception through meticulously crafted vessels.

His glass fruit and objects, though glossy and vividly coloured, appear inedible and detached from utility, ironically commenting on societal concepts of beauty and function. Represented by London Glassblowing, Walker's unique glass sculptures are increasingly coveted by collectors internationally.

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