Welcome to our website.

We are living in strange times, and we count ourselves fortunate to be able to continue communicating with friends and family, even if we can't give them a physical hug. 

We're not booking any physical fayres at the moment, but we hope to be back out 'on the road' before Christmas. If you'd like us to come along to your event just drop an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll see what we can do. We have tried a few Virtual Fayres - follow us on Facebook to find out where we'll pop up next.

The on-line store is up and running, and we are stocking it with more goodies each month. You can see some of our latest listings in the shop at the head of this page - just click to go directy to the shop.

You can also find us here on Facebook.

 

Name That Tune

Here's a challenge for you - Name That Tune!

This piece was made by SWMBO, and is a real tune that most of you will know.

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It was quite a lengthy project as it required 3 firings in the kiln.

The stars were cut from thin copper foil and were sandwiched between two sheets of clear glass that had been hand-cut to shape. The coloured staves are made from thin glass rods called Stringers. These were positioned on top of the glass sandwich before firing for a full fuse to give a smooth finish.

The notes are made from dots clipped from a glass rod, with short stringers. Once the piece had cooled, the notes were carefully positioned and held in place using Aloe Vera gel (which burns away in the kiln without leaving a residue). This time we used a tac fuse to securely stick the notes to the flat sheet glass.

When the piece had cooled again, it was placed over a ceramic mould and fired for a slump fuse, which gave it its final wave shape. That's a total of around 24 hours in the kiln!

It measures approximately 20 cm x 10.5 cm with a double wave that's about 2.5 cm deep.

Email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your guess to the name of the tune - no prizes - it's just for fun.

 

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