Glass by Emma Mackintosh
Artisan glass
Unique and individual flameworked glass with character, using colour and texture to create a range of glassware that stands out from the crowd.
Taking inspiration from the English Lake District, its nature and landscape, this glass ‘brings the outside in. Techniques developed in the studio allow natural plant textures to imprint the glass surface, matched by an organic colour palette which often shifts with the light.
Hand blown glass
Formed in the flame
Rods and tubes of glass, formed in the hot gas-fired flame of a small bench torch. Flamework is an intimate method of glassblowing which allows detail and character to come to the fore.
Made in the Lake District
In a small studio near the village of Hawkshead, looking out on fields and trees, with a small beck and lots of moss and ferns.
Unique and individual
Each piece of flameworked glass is individually made. Bespoke designs and commissions are welcome.
Take a drink
For every empty glass has a story to tell.
And one as yet unwritten.
Glass
‘Glass is more gentle, graceful and noble than any metal and its use is more delightful, polite and slightly than any other material at this day known to the world‘
Neri, Art of Glass, 1611
Textures
A unique way of adding plant and other local textures (herdwick wool, straw..) to glass, creating a direct link with the world around us.
Landscapes
Hills and valleys, water lines ‘drawn’ directly on to the glass in a hot flame to create landscapes
From the blog
Autumn photoshoot at Yew Tree Farm
Although I don't like winter (too cold, too dark, too grey), and know that autumn leads into this least-favourite of seasons, I can't help enjoying it, harvesting fruits and fungi, enjoying the changing colours and light. The Lakeland hills can be particularly...
Filming flamework
“Can you just slowly caress that mound of moss….draw your hand lovingly across it…” It can be difficult to explain what I do and how I work to people who haven't seen it. I blow glass, but don't use furnaces or ovens. I don't need a large space, just a small bench...
HRH Prince Charles visits Hawkshead Relish
On Monday 8th April 2019, the sun shone in the South Lakes which, following the arrival of spring just weeks before, were full of blossom, daffodils, and the occasional early bluebell. With the sound of birdsong filling the air, and blue skies all around, it was the...
