Celebrating 27 years · Handmade in Elora · Free local pickup and Canada-wide shipping
Celebrating 27 years · Handmade in Elora · Free local pickup and Canada-wide shipping
Over the years, our work and our studio have been featured on television and in print. This is a place to find that coverage, and for journalists and editors to reach us for interviews, images or a visit to the hotshop.
Working in Elora
Glass artists
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Assets on request
A selection of the coverage our work has had. Every piece here links to the original; more is added as older features are tracked down.
Rick Mercer came to Elora and learned the art of glass blowing with Tim and Katherine at the furnace. It is still the piece people mention most when they arrive for a class.
A fifteen-photo look inside the hotshop, from bags of silica sand to the finished pieces in the gallery.
An interview with Tim and Katherine on how they work, and how the two of them came to glass.
A local television segment filmed in the hotshop, with the crew taking a turn at the furnace themselves.
The series takes young viewers into factories and artist studios to show how everyday things are made. This segment was filmed with us at the furnace.
“The process of glassblowing is as fascinating as the finished pieces…”
We’re award-winning glass artists, based in Elora, one of Canada’s Top 20 Small Art Towns. Between us we’ve won awards for craftsmanship and design at festivals across Canada and the United States, our work is held in public and private collections, and we’ve been teaching the craft for more than twenty years.
Elora is named among Canada’s top 20 small art towns, and the studio is one of the places the feature singles out.
At the opening of the Dale Chihuly exhibition, Tim and Katherine were recognised as glass artists who helped shape a generation of glass artists.
Best in Show, Award of Excellence, Collectors’ Choice and others at festivals in Ontario, New York, Michigan, Illinois, Florida and Connecticut.
Pieces are held in private collections, among them that of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and in the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery.
We’re glad to help with interviews, high-resolution images, and visits to watch glass being made. Tell us your deadline and what you need, and we’ll get back to you quickly.
Press assets (bio, images and key facts) available on request. Or reach us directly on 519.846.8268 or at info@blownawayglassstudio.com.
Two artists, one furnace, since 1999. If you’re writing about us, our story and our work are the best place to start.
Tim & Katherine McManus, award-winning artists working in Elora since 1999.
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Cancellation & refund policy: All classes / workshops / teambuildings / parties / events are non-refundable and non-transferrable. You will lose 50% of the full amount if you cancel your workshop within 2 weeks of date confirmed. The other 50% can be put towards another class or on pieces already for sale in the gallery. If you cancel within 2 days or miss your class no refund will be issued. Classes expire after 2 years of purchase date.
