Glassworks: Sunderland is a planned to be a new, world-class facility for people to create in glass. A nationally significant centre of excellence for glassmaking, it will connect Sunderland’s 1,350 years of glassmaking heritage with the city’s creative future. It will be one of the few places in the UK with specialist glassmaking facilities for artists and participants to create and produce in glass.
The new facility will offer a range of facilities including a hot glass studio; specialist glassmaking equipment (water jet, coldwork, fused, sandblasting, stained glass, flameworking, lathe); and facilities for allied creative practices such as digital design, woodwork, metalwork, and ceramics. There will also be flexible making spaces for exchanges, residencies, studios and incubation space for new and emerging artists.
We are currently exploring how Glassworks: Sunderland can best meet the needs of makers locally, regionally, and nationally. Your input through this short survey will help shape our plans and ensure that Glassworks reflects the needs of the maker community. The survey will take around 5 minutes to complete, and all responses will remain anonymous.
Thank you for your time and for helping to shape Glassworks: Sunderland into an inclusive, innovative, and exciting venture. Together, we can secure the future of glass as an art form and keep traditional skills alive in contemporary practice.
