A rural professional glass artist has been reflecting on his career after receiving a national award.

Graham Reed, of the Alston, is a master glassblower and has just been awarded a professional accolade for his learned writing on the art.

Graham, a West Devon Borough Councillor and a Tavy and Tamar Apple Group, is a past chairman of the British Society of Scientific Glassblowers (BSSG) which has awarded him Lucy Oldfield Cup which he also won in 1993 1999. The late Lucy Oldfield was a president of the BSSG and academic.

Graham said: “I am very proud as a proof reader and contributor to the quarterly scientific journal that BSSG members receive.”

He qualified in 1969 and became a Master Glassblower in 2000.

One of award-winning master glassblower Graham Reed's recent trainees from London in his Bere Alston studio.
One of award-winning master glassblower Graham Reed's recent trainees from London in his Bere Alston studio. (Graham Reed)