Certainly Glasstorm’s opening night was a hive of activity, with the refurbished garage workshop housing a demonstration of glass-blowing and what seemed like a good number of sales taking place. But an opening night is one thing, and long-term commercial realities another. I asked Nicky about the economic feasibility of such an undertaking.
If enthusiasm were the only ingredient of success, Glasstorm would be well on its way to major business triumph.
Nicky and Brodie’s approach is no different. Sharing the same space as beautiful vases in a variety of colours and shapes are Brodie’s cleaved, sensuous, perfectly honed sculptural glass objects. Beside these are Nicky’s energetic, exuberant and vital sculptural forms.
“Our main concentration is to market our functional Glasstorm glassworks and to promote our own individual art work through galleries and exhibitions. We need to create a greater network of galleries in other UK areas outwith Scotland and build upon our European and USA reputation. We also really enjoy collaborative projects and installation work and this is an area that both of us look forward to engaging in and promoting in 2006.”
Like most types of businesses involving artists and craft-workers, Glasstorm employs a parallel strategy where functional objects (such as glasses, tableware, vases etc.) are made and displayed alongside much more artistic (and expensive) art objects.
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