Ace your table settings with glasses, carafes, vases and more from this gorgeous design company. We caught up with the designer, who shares how she got into glassware design and her favourite new Woodland Walk collection.
WORDS: LILY SMITH. IMAGES: ELLY LUCAS AND SARAH MASON.
DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT
This December, my glassware brand celebrates 13 years in business. I trained in printed textiles at Loughborough University and experimented with glass in my second year. After graduating, working and finding a niche in splashbacks and glassware, I started my own business, founded with a grant for East Midlands graduates.
I always knew I wanted to do my own thing. While studying, I was so inspired by the designers I’d see in magazines, and I really wanted to be one of them. Now, it’s me in the magazines, hopefully inspiring others that, if you put your mind to it, you can do what you want in life.
I love running a small business – it gives me creative freedom. Operating in a small, dedicated team, the work is challenging on a day-to-day basis but so rewarding. When I started in business, the landscape for female entrepreneurship was quite different, with fewer role models to aspire to. There is still a way to go for women in business, but it has improved.
I find inspiration for my designs in many places, especially nature. My newest collection, Woodland Walk, is inspired by a country stroll I took last year in that strange time between Christmas and New Year, when there’s time to really slow down and relax.
The new collection is seasonal and eco-conscious. We create the olive green tumblers, carafes
