Welcome to the online world of Dr. Ingrid Pears M.B.E.
International Glass Designer & Maker
The emphasis of our website is to provide an extension of our studio in the UK based at 
www.thoresby.com in order enable a world-wide audience to experience our glass designs and see pieces being created. If you are close by why not pop in and see us in action first hand.
Ingrid's new area of influence is the Caribbean and West indies, concentrating on the Islands of Barbados and St Lucia and more recently Trinidad and Tobago. Ingrid is currently creating new works of art with a Caribbean flavour - adding new rich bold colours influenced by Bajan life from the happy, welcoming islanders to the rich, beautiful island itself. The Caribbean is going to be an on-going area of influence moving forwards. Offering new opportunities for Ingrid in Trinidad and Tobago showcasing Ingrid's glass designs in this lucious green island paradise. although India still remains her most influential spiritual home. This evolving journey continues to inspire her work, teachings; blending cultural richness, natural beauty, and a deep sense of place.
CRYSTAL IMPRESSIONS
£69 per cast
Childrens hand and foot impressions are really easy to do, you can either cast one at home using homemade play dough Click on the link in green for the best play dough recipe ever: The Best Play dough recipe
The Best Play dough recipe Why is this the best homemade playdough recipe?
- It is SUPER soft and squishy, but doesn’t stick
- The play dough lasts for months in a zip top bag (or when you have cast it up, on a plate with cling film around it, ready for you to bring along to have a foot/hand cast created in glass.
- It is inexpensive to make
- It makes enough for 4-6 kids too, if you want to make some up just to play with too!
Once we have your play dough mould, whether it is cast at home by you, or cast in our studio by us, the process afterwards is the same. We make another cast from your play dough, into a damp casting sand, which is then dried slowly for around one week, until rigid and then we pour the molten glass into it. The glass pours into the sand-cast and sets into a pool of molten glass, the foot impression starts to shine through and become more rigid. At this stage it is over 1100 degrees Celcius! (a similar temperature as molten lava!) It takes around 72 hours to anneal the glass to ensure that it is cooled, de-stressed and safe to handle, sandblasted and ready to present. A message of your choice can be hand engraved on to it and then it is gift wrapped. This whole process takes around two weeks (It may take longer at our busier times).
Christening/Birthday Casting Packs £75
Why not buy a ' gift pack' to have a babies foot cast (as above) as a Birthday or Christening gift for the child to look back on in years to come or for members of their family. A great gift for a grandparent or parent too!
This pack contains everything you will need to produce a mould of a child's hand or foot in play dough to treasure for a life-time.
The pack contains a personalised certificate/scroll highlighted with a special message from you to commemorate the child's special day. There is a ribbon and cellophane included in the pack, to wrap the scroll in cellophane and , tie a ribbon around the scroll into a beautiful bow. It is then ready to present as a gift.You can either visit in person, or we can work with you sending out the finished impression via a postal service.
It is even possible to book in as a family after receiving the voucher and all watch the child's foot being cast in molten glass.
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Sculptural Sand Casting
He who works with his hands is a laborer.
He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands, his head and his heart is an artist.
- St Francis of Assisi 