mum’s tin

my parents had a very strong marriage. they met when mum was only 16 and went on to have five children. when dad died unexpectedly at 56 , we were absolutely devastated. mum especially so. we recently discovered that since his passing, whenever mum saw a white feather, she would pick it up and put it in a tin which she always kept close to her as a symbol of dad’s presence.

co-incidentally i made a series of glass feathers for an art installation to be shown alongside the thames and decided to give mum one for christmas.  she was delighted with it and this is when the tin was first mentioned.

after showing her sister-in-law’s and various family and friends, i was immediately being asked for feathers to commemorate births, weddings and of course, lost ones.

it was then we realised that lots of people may want something precious to remember something or someone special.

in memory of our beloved dad and grandpa

london glassworks

stewart hearn has been designing and blowing glass for himself and other makers for over 25 years. his business, london glassworks is now set up in the beautiful cambridgeshire fens. professionally, he is highly regarded and known for a wide range of beautiful handmade glass. focusing on exhibition and commission from chandeliers, sculptural installations to decorative interior products and functional tableware and particularly valued for his sensitive use of colour and expert glass making skills shipping to the the uk and worldwide.

stewart hearn' s daughter lily has recently joined the business to manage and promote angel feathers. her professional background in retail and interior design fits very well as has growing up supporting the glass business at open weekends at christmas and other numerous events.

alexander pearce has been stewart's glass assistant for a number of year's and has now been joined by lily's partner, john mckeon as another studio glass assistant. these craftsmen are key in the production of these unique feathers.

the whole team are of course when not making feathers supporting stewart along with kim downes the studio manager producing and shipping this wide range of artistic glass products.