BlowFish Glass

Name: BlowFish Glass
Address: Unit 15, RED HOUSE GLASS CONE, Stourbridge, DY84AZ, GB
Telephone: +447936109943
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Showroom open upon appointment, we run quarterly events. Hot shop open most weekdays Visits upon appointment only.
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I run courses and taster sessions, please do visit my website to see whats's on !

02/09/2026

We’re back, inspired and ready for what’s next at Blowfish!

After an incredible week at the International Festival of Glass InternationalFestivalofGlass , we’re returning to Blowfish with even more inspiration and excitement for the weeks ahead.

Our Fifteen x Fifteen exhibition is now open to the public, and we’re so excited for you to come and experience it for yourselves. 🩷 There’s an incredible collection of work to discover from 68 incredible glass artists, alongside the stories, creativity and processes behind the pieces.

And there’s plenty more happening at Blowfish Gallery UK…

🔥 Demo pieces online auction — 1st–4th October
We’re incredibly excited to announce that a selection of pieces created during our demonstrations will be available to bid on in our online auction. We’ll be sharing more sneak peeks very soon!

🔥 Demo Event Preview round 2 — 10th October
We’re also delighted to announce another opportunity to come along and see glassmaking in action, meet the makers and get a behind-the-scenes look at what we do at Blowfish.

📍 Fifteen x Fifteen at Blowfish
🕐 Opening hours:
* Thursday: 10:30am–3pm
* Friday: 10:30am–3pm
* Saturday: 10:30am–3pm
* Other times: By appointment

Come and see us we’ve got lots to share! 🥂🔥
Thankyou Claire Evans for these beautiful shots of our space

23/08/2026

What an absolutely fabulous day yesterday! 💛

Thank you so much to everyone who came along and to all of our amazing exhibitors for making the opening of Fifteen x Fifteen such a brilliant day.

It’s so inspiring to see such a diverse group of artists expressing completely different concepts, forms, techniques and approaches, all responding to the same brief. It really highlights the incredible variety and creativity within our glass community and, hopefully, inspires the wider creative industry too.

1 brief • 12 countries • 12 techniques • 60+ artists

We’re incredibly proud of how this exhibition has come together and so excited to finally share it with you!

Fifteen x Fifteen is now LIVE on our website! 🎉
You can view the full exhibition online via the link in our bio.

The physical exhibition opens to the public on 2 September and will be open Thursday–Saturday, 10:30am–4:30pm.

Our next demonstration event will take place in October alongside our Auction, dates to be confirmed !
If you’d like to visit on another day, just contact me and I’ll be happy to arrange an appointment.

A huge thank you again to every artist involved and to everyone who came along to support the exhibition yesterday. 💛 xx

Thankyou Claire Evans for capturing the day so beautifully!! More coming soon ! Winter Peach Photography

21/08/2026

Fifteen X Fifteen- Opening celebration tomorrow!

Further opening times from September 2nd
(Please note we will be closed from 23rd Aug -1st Sept for the International Festival of Glass over in St Helens)

Thursday - 10.30am-3pm
Friday - 10.30am-3pm
Saturday - 10.30am-3pm

Additional visits by appointment can be made any day by contacting us

1 Brief
12 countries
12 Glass disciplines
Over 60 Artists

Artist Spotlights

Laura Quinn - Symbiosis I
Lampworking, coldworking, silvering.

Symbiosis I is a self reflective exploration for the artist. Juxtaposing bodies intertwine, rely on each other for support. The soft, vulnerable limbs mould themselves around a hard, impermeable centre

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Marta Gibiete - Latvia

The Gentle Force. Fused, painted, bent glass, copper wire, authortechnique

Sometimes a small, light touch is stronger than a strong blow. Sometimes the imagined is stronger than reality.

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Joshua Kerley/ Dr Guy Marshall Brown -Commissura
Techniques: Kiln cast glass, foaming agent, copper

Commissura explores modular mould-making and kiln-formed glass, where shifting forms and foaming material create unpredictable structures. Finished with oxidised copper, the work balances digital precision with spontaneous, evolving material expression

18/08/2026

LET’S TALK ABOUT THE AUCTION… 👀🔥

With 60 incredible artists from 12 countries coming together for Fifteen x Fifteen, there is SO much to look forward to. But I’m also really excited about what our auction helps us achieve.

These are some of Linda Norris’ pieces made following the Blowfish Glass UK Bursary.

The bursary includes a day in our hot shop with a gaffer and assistant, alongside mentorship to help develop ideas and designs before hiring the space.

Money raised through our previous auction enabled us to award TWO bursaries this year: Linda Norris and Hannah Masi. ❤️‍🔥

This year’s auction will feature work made during our Fifteen x Fifteen opening demonstrations, alongside pieces generously put forward by artists in the exhibition.

50% of every sale goes directly to the artist, with the remaining 50% going straight back into the bursary fund.

So your bid helps support an artist AND fund the next bursary.

🔥 BID ON A PIECE. SUPPORT AN ARTIST. HELP FUND THE NEXT BURSARY.

ONLINE AUCTION: 1–4 OCTOBER

Lots can be viewed at Blowfish Glass Gallery from 2 September:

Thursday: 10:30am–3pm
Friday: 10:30am–3pm
Saturday: 10:30am–3pm

Other viewing times by appointment.

Artist: Linda Norris
Collection: Island Traces
Image credit - Dewi Tannatt Lloyd
‘Inspired by an archaeological find, this vessel contains soil from Skokholm Island in Wales. Its glass holds fragments of earth, exploring memory, ancestry, landscape, and place through material.’

More artist features, auction lots and bursary stories coming soon… ✨

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17/08/2026

Glass Demonstrations | Saturday 22 August 🔥

Here’s a first look at our live glass demonstration line-up for the day!

✨ 11am–12pm — Nicola Steel
Colourful, layered glass using vibrant cups, colour and decorative additions.

🔬 12.15pm–1.15pm — Amelia Burke
Blown cane work inspired by the intricate patterns found in microscopic images of pancreatic islet cells.

🎨 1.30pm–3.30pm — Brenda Page & Elliot Walker
A colour-rich collaboration bringing together blown glass and powder printing.

🌱 3.45pm–4.45pm — Layne Rowe
An organic, conceptual demonstration creating a sculpted glass pod and seeds, symbolising our close-knit community of artists.

Please note: This is a loose timetable — we’re working with hot glass, so timings may naturally shift a little throughout the day!

Seats for each demonstration are first come, first served and are available to those who have BOOKED TICKETS to our event.

Drinks and speech at 6ish !! 🤍💛
🎟️ Book your event tickets via the link in our bio.

We can’t wait to welcome you into the hot shop and share a full day of live glassmaking with you. This event is part of a group collaboration within the glass quarter in Stourbridge, check out our other venues to see what else is on over the weekend ! Red House Glass Cone General Office Gallery Stourbridge Glass Museum Ruskin Mill Trust Makers Market Midlands

16/08/2026

I am SO excited to begin curating this amazing exhibition tomorrow! ✨

Fifteen X Fifteen

Our grand opening is Saturday 22nd August, and we’ll then be open to the public from 2nd September.

If you’d like to come along to the opening, I’ve just increased the availability — link in our bio!

There will be hot glass demonstrations during the opening, as well as the chance to experience this stunning international exhibition first-hand, featuring over 60 artists from around the world.

The variation in skill, design and technique across this exhibition is honestly incredible. I’ll be sharing a trio of artists every day in the run-up to the event, so you can get to know some of the work before you visit.

Today we have…

1. Kira Fröse — Door de mand gevallen X 🇩🇪
Blown glass, copper & wood.

2. Julie Light — Blossom in Aqua and Mandarin 🇬🇧
Created using a non-traditional pâte de verre technique, allowing decoration to be hand-applied to the exterior of the piece before firing.

3. Lorena Rode — The Devil’s Spine 🇩🇪
Lampwork & crochet.

Three artists, three completely different approaches to glass 💕

I can’t wait to share more of the incredible work in Fifteen X Fifteen with you over the next few months. ✨

06/08/2026

Edit: Photographer found/Hired! Woohoo

📸 Photographer Wanted!

We’re looking for an experienced event photographer for our Fifteen x Fifteen exhibition opening on Saturday 22nd August (10am–approx. 4pm).

If you’re available—or know someone who’d be perfect—please send us a DM with your portfolio and a quote for the day.

✨ Please share or tag a photographer below!

13/07/2026

Edit (tutor hired!) We’re Hiring !
Artist Tutor – Observational Drawing & Mark Making

We’re looking for an artist tutor to lead a unique 6-week observational drawing and mark making course, running once a week for 90 minutes, in the incredible surroundings of the Red House Glass Cone.

The classes will run alongside our upcoming international glass exhibition, featuring 60 artworks by contemporary glass artists from around the world, all responding to a shared brief.

Using the exhibition as inspiration, the course will develop observational drawing skills through some truly fascinating subjects, exploring colour, transparency, reflections, refractions, shadows, texture and form through contemporary glass art.

Participants will work with a range of drawing techniques and materials including pencil, charcoal, chalk and other dry media, responding to the artworks through different approaches to line, tone, texture and mark making.

Based within one of the UK’s most historic glassmaking sites, this is a unique opportunity to teach in a beautiful early 1800s building on a UNESCO recognised site surrounded by centuries of glassmaking heritage.

🗓 Days and times are flexible and can work around your availability.

💷 Payment: £80 per session (£480 total for the course).

If you’re interested, or know someone who might be perfect for the role, we’d love to hear from you, please email [email protected]

✏️ Interested in taking part rather than teaching? The course will run from late September through to October. If this sounds like something you’d enjoy, comment below and we’ll get back to you with more details and prices.

01/05/2026

APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED
Thank you to everyone who submitted an application — we received an incredible 136 entries, exceeding even our 2024 Fifteen x Fifteen exhibition.

Due to the strength and volume of submissions, we’ve decided to expand this year’s event. We will be introducing two additional judges and increasing the number of exhibiting artists from 30 to 60.

The exhibition will now open during the Stourbridge Glass Quarter Festival (21st-23rd August), alongside exhibitions at General Office Gallery, Stourbridge Glass Museum, the Ruskin Glass Centre, and the Red House Glass Cone in collaboration with Makers Market Midlands.

Our opening event will be Saturday 22nd August.
We will also be reaching out to selected artists to discuss live demonstrations taking place throughout the day on Saturday. This sits just ahead of the International Festival of Glass the following bank holiday weekend in St. Helens. What a fantastic Summer for glass !

Our event will be ticketed during the day, with artists and collectors invited to stay for an evening of networking and refreshments from 6:30pm.

A full programme announcement will be shared very soon — please stay tuned via our socials and sign up to our newsletter via the link in bio.

I’m incredibly excited to curate what promises to be a STANDOUT exhibition. Thank you again to everyone who applied.

Soo… who’s coming !? 😃

11/04/2026

🚨CALL FOR ARTISTS 🚨

The Fifteen x Fifteen exhibition deadline is 30 April — not long left.

A biannual celebration of contemporary glass, this is your chance to exhibit your work at Blowfish Glass Gallery.

✨ Free to enter
✨ Open to artists working in glass
✨ Quick and simple application

We’ve had some strong entries so far, but far fewer than expected — so there’s still real opportunity to be part of this show.

👉 Apply now via the link in our bio — it only takes a few minutes

If you work in glass, this is for you.
Save this so you don’t miss the deadline, and tag someone who should apply 👇

Address

Unit 15, RED HOUSE GLASS CONE
Stourbridge
DY84AZ

Telephone

+447936109943

Website

https://www.blowfishglassart.com/, https://linktr.ee/Blowfishglassart?fbclid=PAAaZoruGT_CsXST_thf3Zk4T0aZmfKSPpZMRPVXdLE

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