Links - Warm Glass UK
Education
Warm Glass UK has a comprehensive education programme of Beginners Classes through to Master Classes which can be booked on our website.
Brad Walkers' USA based bulletin board. Unparalleled source of information devoted strictly to fusing, slumping and kiln-forming techniques. A great site for information and lively debate.
This is the main UK forum for bead making and kiln working, full of advice and useful news and views.
Well attended UK Craft Forum for everything from candlemaking to craft chatrooms.
Dichroic and kilnforming news, reviews and tutorials as well as a UK based forum.
Brad Walker takes you through fusing, slumping and kiln-forming techniques.
The department exists to encourage skilled practice and creative thinking in the two media of glass and ceramics. We feel that there are interests and outcomes common to both, and students are encouraged to experiment across a range of material possibilities.
Wolverhampton's Glass Department now provides a rich, practice-based learning environment and workshops that are amongst the best in Europe.
The Glass Department at Swansea Institute can draw on sixty years of practice in Architectural Glass Design and Application. It is well equipped with a range of facilities suitable for hot and cold glass processing.
Edinburgh College of Art has an international reputation as one of the most successful independent colleges in the UK.
We offer students short, introductory courses and longer courses for developing their skills. We also include here, for the first time, the exciting process of fusing glass.
The UK National Glass Centre based in Sunderland. Its aim is to develop and promote excellence in the art and industry of glass and houses studios for a range of artists working with glass.
Classes throughout the year for beginners and improvers in fusing, casting, bead making, dichroic jewellery and stained glass; taught in small groups in a well equipped studio. Regularly scheduled masterclasses with internationally known instructors. Bespoke tuition and private courses a speciality.
You can learn jewellery making and have a great holiday at the same time!
This workshop is designed to give you a basic idea of the cutting and fusing processes, with comprehensive notes supplied. The emphasis is on actually having a go and producing some beautiful pieces for you or for gifts.
The Bullseye Resource Centre offers classes in beginners to intermediate glassworking methods with a primary focus on kiln glass and torchwork.
Six month long programs in glass history and techniques. Fusing, sculpture and other glass techniques.
The Glass Furnace is an international glass centre built in the green fields of Black Sea Region.
Pilchuck has become the largest, most comprehensive educational centre in the world for artists working in glass.
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Associations
The Contemporary Glass Society is a non-profit making limited company established to encourage excellence in glass as a creative medium and develop a greater awareness and appreciation of contemporary glass
worldwide.
The Glass Art Society (GAS) is an international non-profit organisation whose purpose is to encourage excellence, to advance education, to promote the appreciation and development
of the glass arts, and to support the worldwide community of artists who work with glass.
A UK-based society for bead-makers to share and disseminate information about making glass beads.
The Society is open to all those who have an appreciation, either private or professional, of beads ancient and modern.
The Guild acts as a forum for the teaching and discussion of engraving techniques and new developments from around the world as well as acting as a source of information to the public.
The British Society of Master Glass Painters, founded in 1921, is Britain's only organisation devoted exclusively to the art and craft of Stained Glass.
The UK's national organisation devoted to promoting UK contemporary craft. Funded by The Arts Council.
Arts Council England works to get more art to more people in more places. They develop and promote the Arts across England, acting as an independent body at arm's length from Government.
Cohesion is the network for glassmakers originating in the North of England.
The Society of Glass Technology encourages the cross fertilization and practical application of ideas for the benefit of the whole glass community.
The Society promotes the development of the art and craftsmanship of glass-making in its many variations in Scotland.
A guide to glass working techniques and suppliers. Also includes a guide to the works of many Australian glass artists.
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Suppliers
Bullseye makes glass in over 1000 varieties; their specialty is kiln glass where they are recognised as the world's leading manufacturer. Warm Glass UK is a Bullseye
Kiln-Glass Resource Centre Preferred Partner in the UK.
Coatings by Sandberg (CBS), our main supplier of high quality dichroic glass. Warm Glass UK is the CBS Dichroic main European distributor.
Supplier of our etched dichroic glasses. Warm Glass UK is the main European distributor for Savoy dichroics.
Manufacturer of prestigious Skutt Kilns including the Hotstart Pro and Firebox 14. Warm Glass UK is the sole UK distributor for Skutt glass kilns.
Manufacturer of the SC2, the excellent starter kiln. Warm Glass UK is a distributor for Paragon USA.
Nabertherm is one of the leading manufacturers of large glass kilns. Warm Glass UK supplies the whole product range from Nabertherm and is their main UK distributor.
Inland is a recognised manufacturer of hobby tools for glass working. Warm Glass UK stocks a range of Inland products.
A small, family run company who design and manufacture quality kilns for the glass and other craft-related industries.
Web-based supply company selling competitively priced Silver and Gold Art Clay products for the UK.
Design Company providing innovative, low cost web and print design facilities for small companies.
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Studios
Blue Green Tangerine
Chaotic Rainbow
Chrysalis Contemporary Glass
Craft Fusion
Deezine Studio
Dichroic Glass UK
Dichroic Delights
Di-Fusion
Di-Namic Designs
Enamel Art
Fifth Element Design
Fairy Glass
Fired Creations
GJ Stained Glass
Glass on Glass
Glass Kanvas
Glorias Dichroics
Gooey Glass
Green Wood Crafts
Helix Glass
Inspirational Fused Glass
June Crawshaw Beads
JM Dichroics
Kerry Davis
Kindom
Koboshi Glass
Martin Cheek Mosaic
Purple Kitten Designs
Riley Design
Sarah Myatt Glass
SEAA Beads
Sirius Jewellery
Stained Glass Centre
Stuart Low
TC Jewellery
Tracy White Jewellery
Vibrant Glass Art
Water Street Gallery
Waves of Art
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If you would like to set up a reciprocal link with our site, please send your information and URL to links@warm-glass.co.uk
We review our links in January and July. When we review our links, we will add new links on the basis that we can locate a reciprocal link to warm-glass.co.uk on the website of the requester.
Warm Glass UK is a major internet based kilnforming supplies company. Main suppliers for Bullseye Glass, CBS Dichroics, Skutt Kilns, Nabertherm Kilns, Paragon Kilns, Inland tools and Savoy Dichroics;
recognised for excellence in reliability, education and customer service. http://www.warm-glass.co.uk
t. 01934 86 33 44
