Clare Gaylard Glass 

Test pieces as the ivory glass has a tendency to 'eat' other colours. The ivory has such a beautiful grain that I am frequently asked if it is real ivory by perplexed people. Ivory is such a 'soft' glass that i need to wrap it over a base of clear glass in order to get it to hold a shape for any time.

Happy Valentines Day, and something to take the edge off the pretty: Dorothy Parker,

Coda

There’s little in taking or giving,

There’s little in water or wine;

This living, this living, this living

Was never a project of mine.

Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is

The gain of the one at the top,

For art is a form of catharsis,

And love is a permanent flop,

And work is the province of cattle,

And rest’s for a clam in a shell,

So I’m thinking of throwing the battle—

Would you kindly direct me to hell?