For fifty years this studio has made pieces that were asked for rather than chosen from a shelf.
Some have been presented to the Royal family. Others mark a wedding, a retirement, a company's fiftieth year, or a race won.
Every one began with a conversation.
What We Make
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One-off pieces, designed with you and made for a particular person or place
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Awards and trophies, made in a series and repeatable year after year
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Anniversary, wedding and retirement gifts, signed and dated by the maker
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Corporate and presentation pieces, including gifts for visiting guests
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Architectural and interiors work, including lighting and larger installations
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Additions to an existing collection, matched to a piece you already own
If the item you want is not in stock, we will make it for you.
Previous commissions and one-off pieces.
A Graal perfume bottle presented to the Queen Mother on her 90th birthday in 1990.
The Queen's Bowl, a gift from the people of the Isle of Wight, presented personally to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year of 2012, and later exhibited in the Royal Collection.
A set of whisky glasses commissioned for King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, on his 70th birthday.
A plate made to mark the Platinum Jubilee in 2022, using incalmo, the Italian technique of joining two bubbles of glass into one.
How Commissioning Us Works
The four steps
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The conversation. Tell us what the piece is for, roughly what you have in mind, when you need it, and what you would like to spend. A photograph of something you like is often the most useful thing you can send.
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The design. Timothy will propose a form, a colourway and a technique. For anything unusual he will say plainly whether it can be done, and what the risks are.
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The making. Your piece is made by hand at our Arreton studio. For larger commissions you are welcome to come and watch it being made
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Delivery. Every piece is signed and dated by the maker, packed by the people who made it, and shipped worldwide.
What It Helps To Tell Us
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What the piece is marking, and who it is for
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Whether it needs to be repeatable, as an annual award would
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Any colours, forms or existing pieces you want it to sit alongside
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The date it is needed by
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Whether it needs engraving or a presentation box
Lead Times
Glassmaking cannot be hurried, and the annealing alone takes overnight. We recommend contacting us with your ideas for a better idea on delivery times. Christmas and the summer season are our busiest periods, so earlier is always better.
A Note On What Commissioning Buys
Everything here is made by hand, in a working studio, by a glassmaker who has been at the same furnace for over fifty years. Nothing is painted on, and no design is applied after the fact. The colour, the pattern and the form all happen while the glass is molten and moving, in a matter of minutes, with no second attempt.
That is what you are commissioning. Not a decorated object, but a piece of art made in one continuous act of skill.
