It was in the 1960s that the studio glass movement was born, spearheaded by American potter Harvey Littleton. Glass used to be made in factories and behind closed doors, with secrets passed from ...

Layton’s decision to swap clay for glass on his return to the UK was a leap in the dark. “When I started London Glassblowing in 1976 there was no market in the UK for studio glass,” he says.

PYRAMID Gallery in York is marking its 25-year association with Peter Layton, founder of the London Glassblowing Workshop, by presenting a solo show… ...

Founded in 1976 by Londoner Peter Layton, it's the oldest studio of its kind in the capital, and one of the oldest glassblowing studios in Europe. London Live recently went down to the studio near ...