Thus began a small voyage of discovery as I sought to uncover who, in Ireland, has the skills and tools, to work with glass.
Some remaining possibilities:
- Blackrock Glass, a local glassier known for custom cutting glass shelves and the like (link)
- Jerpoint Glass, an artisan glass studio in Kilkenny (link)
- Karl Harron Studio in Strangford (link)
- The Glass Society of Ireland (link)
- and perhaps other artisans through Craft Ireland (link)
Out of consideration.
- Dublin Crystal (link)? No, they source their stock from international suppliers, they only cut and engrave in Dublin.
- Heritage Crystal in Waterford (link)? Similar story except they do blow glass and cut it into crystal but the production director wasn't interested in doing anything bespoke like this.
- Scholer Crystal from Austria? One of Europe's biggest contract crystal products producers (link) but they don't really do bespoke.