Well… not really blowing bubbles, but I’ve enjoyed learning how to trap bubbles in glass. Here I’ve used glass stringers (or straws) to trap air between two sheets of glass.

I made the little grids first, by fusing the stringers together gently in the kiln. Then I put the fused grids on to a coloured piece of glass and sprinkled powder around the outside, before capping the designs with a clear piece of glass and firing them.

The powder allows air to travel out from between the sheets of glass, while it remains trapped between the squares of the grids. I think the trapped bubbles look lovely.

Finally, I slumped this piece into a square mould to form a shallow dish. It’s very bright and cheerful on a winter day.