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Contemporary art made with gold and glass.
Next artwork drop: December 2026 🗓️

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the perfect day

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Very happy we got to enjoy this beautiful day here and see all the gorgeousness before the storm hit! 💨🍃

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Eddy Bennett (@eddyartist) paints every sign backwards, on the back of the glass ✨

The Brighton-based artist works with glass and gold, mixing Victorian sign-making techniques with a bold pop art style. He discovered reverse glass gilding in 2015, and later trained one-on-one with master glass artist David Smith MBE in brilliant cutting and traditional mirror silvering.

The whole process happens in reverse. He cuts and engraves the glass on a spinning stone wheel, etches patterns with acid, then lays down real gold leaf so thin it floats on the slightest breath. Every letter, outline and shadow is painted by hand on the back of the glass, in mirror image, and in the opposite order to a normal painting. The details go on first and the background last, because what's painted first is what you see on top from the front.

In this video you can see pieces like a gold and glass Oasis mirror and a huge, colorful sign full of palm trees, oranges, mushrooms and glowing lettering. Only when the glass is turned around can you see if every layer worked 🏆

It's a craft that was once found on old pub windows and shop fronts, and he's keeping it alive one sign at a time.

Subscribe to his YouTube @eddyartistuk (https://www.youtube.com/@eddyartistuk)

#art #glass #gold #handmade #design

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The people make the place.
July at Pilchuck ❤️

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Be part of the conversation tomorrow at The Future is Human Made symposium.

From traditional craft skills to contemporary design practice, our speakers will explore how making can drive positive change, foster connection and help build a more sustainable future.

🎟️ Final tickets available. Secure your place via the link in bio.
#TheFutureIsHumanMade #QEST #Craft #WorkHandsPower #QESTSymposium

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One week to go! ⏳ Join us at The Future is Human Made: Hands, Work, Power symposium to explore how craft, making and design can help shape a more sustainable and equitable future.

The evening opens with QEST Scholar Carolene Yawa Ada, who will share insights into traditional West African puppetry, cultural exchange and storytelling, followed by a panel of expert makers including QEST Scholars Eddy Bennett and Annemarie O’Sullivan alongside Cassie Quinn and Sophie Sellu. Together they'll explore craftsmanship, materials and sustainability, chaired by journalist Debika Ray.

Our second session features keynote speakers Jay Osgerby OBE RDI and Alison Brooks OBE in conversation with Dr Neal Shasore Hon FRIBA, discussing how makers and craft skills can remain central to the way we shape the future.

🎟️ Limited tickets remaining. Book via the link in bio.

#TheFutureIsHumanMade #QEST #Craft #WorkHandsPower #QESTSymposium

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Join leading makers, designers and innovators as we explore the role of craft, materials and human creativity in shaping a more sustainable future.

📅 One month to go
🎟 Sign up to our newsletter for 10% off tickets
👉 Link in bio

#TheFutureIsHumanMade #QEST #Craft #FutureOfWork #HandsWorkPower

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This time last month I got back from the most crazy ridiculous amazing beautiful time at @pilchuckglassschool ! And have finally gotten around to sharing some more happy snaps❤️🚨

I feel really creatively nourished and learnt so many incredible skills but on session 5 taking @pasqualeartist @lynesandco and @eddyartist with the sage advice of @steffilaidanegg and @zucchininoodlesandbeef 🪞✨🪞
but the biggest highlight were all the incredible artists I had the pleasure of sharing my time with.❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥thank you for welcoming me❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 and so happy to come away with some incredible new friends!

Enormous thanks also to @glassworkshopanu for the support to attend!

Now back to the grindstone ✅✅✅

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Slightly delayed gratification for this experience as I pack the contents of my home (and understand minimalism so much more).

I’ve been to @pilchuckglassschool as a student, instructor and AA since 2005, but this class with @eddyartist, @pasqualeartist, @lynesandco and @zucchininoodlesandbeef in reverse painting, gilding and brilliant cutting was a real game changer. The session brought together an incredible amount of talent, and I feel so lucky I got to be part of the experience.

In order of acclaim:

@pilchuckglassschool : glass school magic making ✨
@pasqualeartist : a brilliant, brilliant cutter
@eddyartist : gold boy
@lynesandco : print prowess
@sallydonuts : gilding donuts
@rayafriday : sisterhood
@steffilaidanegg : tea, biscuits and 📸 ❤️
@sarah_blood : 🇬🇧 🩸 🧡
@annakoak : new bestie
@reyntiensglassstudio : aka the face of Big Ben
@hotpinknoise : glass family

Continued class lineup:

@jimmy_anderegg : twin peak mountains
@meganstelljes : oops 🌼
@deshontyau : carving magician
@mwoosta : neon flags
@kirsten.m.bauer : marbling queen
@glaskunst_hamburg : letter machine
@misterhong1 : Mary Poppins bag of tequila
@isaac.kozlovskis : karaoke diva
@jocelynchan_art : mirror music
@willcox.studio : pickles and dice

#pilchuckglassschool #reversepainting #gildsquad #gold #summercamp

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Four extraordinary makers come together as part of The Future is Human Made: Hands, Work, Power, exploring the relationship between craftsmanship, materials, sustainability and making.

🎨 Eddy Bennett
A QEST Scholar and reverse-glass artist, Eddy combines Victorian sign-writing and gilding techniques with a contemporary aesthetic, bringing historic craft skills into a new context.

✨ Cassie Quinn
Founder of CQ Studio, pioneering regenerative designer and CSM alumni, Cassie combines traditional textile craft with biomaterial research to explore new approaches to fashion, textiles and production.

🪵 Sophie Sellu
Founder of Grain & Knot, Sophie creates sculptural and functional wooden objects from reclaimed and sustainably sourced timber. Her practice celebrates traditional hand tools, material knowledge and the enduring value of making by hand.

🧺 Annemarie O'Sullivan
A QEST Scholar and acclaimed Basketmaker, Annemarie draws on ancient weaving traditions, folklore and the landscape. Working with willow grown and harvested by hand, her practice connects traditional knowledge with contemporary making.

Together, they will explore how traditional skills, new ideas and human creativity can contribute to a more sustainable future.

The Future is Human Made: Hands, Work, Power
📍 Central Saint Martins, King's Cross, London
🗓️ Wednesday 30 September 2026
🕓 4–7.15pm

🎟️ Book your place via the link in our bio.

@qestcraft - @c.q.studio @eddyartist @grainandknot @studio__amos
#TheFutureIsHumanMade #QEST #Craft #FutureOfWork #HandsWorkPower

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An encore of appreciation for all the folx that made Session 5 such a banger, both pictured/tagged and not.

One of the things I did in my 7 days of driving over the past few weeks is listen to 7 hours of interviews with Ruth Tamura that I’m long overdue on editing into publishable form. At the close of our first interview, in 2023, two years before I managed to get her back to campus, Ruth said to me, “Well, enjoy Pilchuck. I mean, it was a wonderland in many ways. And it probably still is, you know? The concept of artists doing artists’ work.”

Here’s to all the artists doing artists’ work, at @pilchuckglassschool and everywhere.

Handsome crew!

Acid etching

Glue chipping

This is some real MVP shit @steffilaidanegg is pulling on this silvering job.

All I can say is that I did not look like this when I first encountered a banana slug.

Golden boy @eddyartist

Twinsies. @sallydonuts and I have been crossing paths here for over two decades. Damn.

@lynesandco kindly fixing all of my mistakes.

This was my fave.

@mwoosta didn’t know Pilchuck was gonna up her Outside Lands game.

@kirsten.m.bauer was one of about a dozen Cancer bdays!!

@lynesandco @pasqualeartist

Lookit Dreamboat! @isaac.kozlovskis

Pretty Jo @joannamanousis

These two downright won. @rayafriday @sorayashock

🐸 + @willcox.studio

Proud of this @uwglass cohort

Biggest surprise of the session is that there even was an @mitglasslab cohort! It’s been a long road since I was the first partner scholar in ‘01!

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I’m late to the timeline lovefest for @pilchuckglassschool Session 5 Reverse Glass Gilding class but it’s no less heartfelt.

Despite having an entire year of sabbatical ahead of me, I already know this workshop is the pinnacle of my sabbatical. In my tenth trip to Pilchuck, I returned to being a student for the first time since 2001. How lucky I am to be introduced to this trifecta of glass, gold, and typography—longstanding obsessions—from a wholly different perspective and history.

To the *outrageously* generous teaching team of @eddyartist @pasqualeartist @lynesandco @steffilaidanegg @zucchininoodlesandbeef, I have truly not fallen this hard for a material or a process since I first touched glass at age 15. There’re no thank-you’s large enough to capture the magnitude of this gift. (But THANK YOU!!!! 🥹)

To my classmates @jocelynchan_art @deshontyau @mwoosta @glaskunst_hamburg @isaac.kozlovskis @jimmy_anderegg @meganstelljes @joannamanousis @kirsten.m.bauer @sallydonuts @willcox.studio @misterhong1 a total honor to learn with, beside, and from you. Thanks for being the best company I could have asked for; old friends and new.

To staff and seasonal crews that make @pilchuckglassschool happen, as well as everyone on campus: 👏 🙏 ♥️ 🔥

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Six months since opening the new store, it's been a hell of a ride so far.
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Lots more good times ahead!
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#salvageandsawdust #vintagepickers #dowhatyoulove

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