By Steve MatherThe rise in energy prices has impacted businesses everywhere and glassblowing is among the trades which have felt it sharply.
Combined with the rise in import costs after Brexit and the impact of the pandemic, manager Janey Pointing said they had tried to keep going but were faced with no option but to close.The furnace at Silver Tree Crystal in Moorlinch has been turned off for the last time Ms Pointing said she is worried about the future of the industry as a whole as businesses are forced to close down and with people being unable to learn their trade.
One man to recently enter the industry is Chris Day, a heating and plumbing engineer who went back to university to pursue his dream ofMr Day has not given up on his engineering day job just yet as it helps him subsidise his glass work. Will Shakspeare said the rise in energy prices had led to some "eye-watering" gas bills but he is busier than ever, working six days a week to fulfil orders, including about 2,000 glass baubles ahead of Christmas.Mr Shakspeare works with one assistant, Johnny Allen, and says being a small team allows them to freedom to adapt their way of working quickly, as they did when the pandemic hit in 2020."When Covid started we could have just gone into our shell and turned everything off.
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