I studied on the Ceramics and Glass course at Birmingham Polytechnic from 1974-77 and was privileged to be taught by Bill Heaton, who had previously been a master glassmaker at Whitefriars.

Bill showed me a range of traditional glassmaking techniques and skills that I still use today to create a range of glassware, traditional and contemporary, including airtwist stemware.

experience • studio & furnace building • commissions • current exhibitions • past exhibitions

Work experience
2003 – set up Anthony Wassell Glass, Welbeck
1987 – 2003 Hothouse in partnership with Paul Barcroft
1986 - Midsummer Glassmakers of Cambridge, director and glassmaker
1980 -1986 Humberside College of Higher Education, Faculty of Art - principal technician
1978-1980 Sheffield Polytechnic, Dept of Fine Art – part time lecturer;
1978 Leicester Polytechnic, Dept 3D Design – part time lecturer,
1977-1978 Birmingham Polytechnic, Dept of Ceramics & Glass - technician

experience • studio & furnace building • commissions • current exhibitions • past exhibitions

Studio & furnace building
Denby Tableware Visitors Centre - design and build glassmaking facility
East Midlands Arts - funded project to design, build & commission mobile furnace & equipment
Humberside College of Art - design, build & commission set up bronze foundry including furnaces and burn-out kilns
Sheffield Polytechnic - & build furnace & associated equipment
Birmingham Polytechnic - design & build furnace & associated equipment

experience • studio & furnace building • commissions • current exhibitions • past exhibitions

Commissions
Employment Service – glass component for National Training Award
Henry Moore Fellowship - cast bronzes for National and International artists Sheffield Development Corporation - collaboration with designer
Plain English Society - Crystal Clear Award, design and production
Formula 2000 Motor Racing Trophies – design and production

experience • studio & furnace building • commissions • current exhibitions • past exhibitions

Current exhibitions

experience • studio & furnace building • commissions • current exhibitions • past exhibitions

Past exhibitions
Higher Street Gallery
Gundry Gallery, Oxford
Harley Gallery, Welbeck
Ombersley Gallery, Hereford
Unit 2, Holt
Pam Schomberg, Colchester
Royal Academy of Art
East Midlands Arts,Rufford
Barbican Centre
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Transparence Gallery, Brussels
Galerie Glaswerk, Berlin
Galerie Tessel, Netherlands
Artizana, Prestbury, Cheshire.
Shards of Glass, Worksop, Yorks.
Cowdy Gallery, Newent, Glos.
Harley Gallery, Notts.
Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
Ruskin Gallery Sheffield
Showcase, East Midlands Arts. Loughborough
National Glass Centre, Sunderland
Arts du Feu, Rennes, France
Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge
Hill House Helensburgh
Torquil Pottery Henley in Arden
Nottingham Castle Museum top