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2008 sees the completion of my new studio in Leamington Spa, with it's state-of-the-art Barley Box made of glass! And it also sees the launch of this new and constantly improving web site as well as my newsletter. I never do many shows, but we had a good time at the British Craft Trade Fair inspite of all the snowstorms - in early April!

The new studio, Barley Box just seen.	British Craft Trade Fair stall 2008

In 2007 I was featured in the June issue of Herefordshire Life magazine, in a lovely three page article by Chris Poole.

A full page photo of me was also in Portrait of Herefordshire, a book of black and white photos taken by Malcolm Scott, showing life in the countryside as it is now.

Hothead demonstration at the Pembridge Village Show

The classes that Jane Ballard and I offer at Exemplar Glass were the focus of an article in Craft and Design magazine. Our lampworking class was tested and found to be good!

We also had three prize winners from Bead magazine and Beads and Beyond magazine take their free day of lampwork tuition.

Concentration at the torch	Working on more beautiful beads