CRUCIBLE
Stoking the furnace · 0%
Ch. 01 — The gather

Fire has no shape.
Every piece begins there.

Ch. 02 — The breath

One held breath
becomes a form.

Ch. 03 — The shape

Wood, steel and turning —
the vessel finds its line.

Ch. 04 — The anneal

Cooled for days.
Kept for generations.

Scroll to work the glass
Est. 2014 · Hot-glass studio

The furnace never cools. Neither does our conviction that glass should be worked slowly, by hand, in front of you.

1,120°C
The furnace, day and night
26
Breaths in an average vessel
9 days
Of slow annealing
The Crucible method

Three disciplines stand between molten glass and a piece worth keeping.

01

Gathered by hand

Every piece starts as a gather — molten glass drawn from the crucible on a steel pipe. Too little and the walls go thin; too much and the form sags. The first three seconds decide everything.

02

Shaped by breath

No moulds, no machines. A steady breath, a charred block of cherry wood and the constant turn of the pipe. The glass remembers every hesitation — so we don't hesitate.

03

Annealed for days

Straight from the bench into the lehr, where the glass cools by a few degrees an hour. Nine days later it comes out relaxed, stress-free and ready to outlive its maker.

Bring us an idea.
We'll hand it back in glass.

Commissions, one-off vessels and small series · Blown to order in our studio

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