Animals, Birds
and Paperweights
As you will see from our range, not all glass is blown.
The animals, birds and paperweights for which Langham Glass
is so justly famous are sculpted from a blob of molten crystal
gathered on the tip of a solid iron. Watch any of these
items being made and you can see the ultimate expression
of the master glass-maker's craft and skill, as he moulds
and shapes the glass using a wet hand-pad.
It takes many years of dedication, training and experience
to become a master. Only a very few of the apprentices who
begin their glass-making lives sweating at the furnace opening
ever make it. It requires not only real artistic flair,
but a deep knowledge of the special characteristics of molten
glass.
Langham Glass is probably unique in that every item is made
by hand. Everybody in the glasshouse from the apprentice
to the master knows that he is playing his part in ensuring
the survival of one of mankind's oldest and most fascinating
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