the price of glass

Prices vary a fair bit in my experience. You could take a look at

get an idea - and I'm sure if you emailed Freddie at Tempsford he'dbe only too pleased to give you a shipping quote.When I can, I much prefer to select my glass 'in person' - especiallyif it includes a good 'rummage' through the 'sale' bins either atTempsford or at Trinity in Norwich - sometimes find perfectly goodstuff at a couple of quid per square foot.... As with all things - there will be a point at which you pay the least shipping for the most glass - ask your friendly dealer for details of the price / weight shipping bands, and then buy strategically !

Hope this helps Adrian Suffolk UK ======return email munged================= take out the papers and the trash to reply

Hi Adrian, I totally agree with you. I'd much prefer to pick out glass 'in person'.. however, that's not at all feasible...infact, it's totally out of the question.

i just hope i can afford to ship in a large enough quantity of glass to last me...i don't want to run out in the middle of a project!!!

i will take your suggestion and see if Tempsford can meet my requirements.

i'm really chompin' at the bit to get started...my only limitation right now is money...but that too will be resolved soon.

thanks for your help.

arlene

Fair enough ! I wonder - is it worth seeing if you can buy up some sample sets. These at least give you some idea of what you are buying - though, particularly with swirly / baroque glass, the tiny 2" x 1" piece that you get in the sample set looks very different when you see it in a

12" square piece...

Always buy an extra piece

I'm sure they'll be able to help...

That's nice !

Have fun with the glass

Adrian ======return email munged================= take out the papers and the trash to reply

hi again. yes, that's what i'm now looking into...'sample sets'

someone in Istanbul has located a company that sells glass... he found opaque glass for me...the company is willing to send me samples...this will help enormously. looking at photos of glass on the Internet isn't quite the same as feeling, touching, examining the glass in person, is it?

let's see what i can do locally -- if it's satisfactory, okay..i'll do it...if not, then i have to look outside the country.

i'm really 'itching' to get started..i can hardly sleep at night because in my mind i'm planning and designing and constructing the new studio layout.

i must learn patience...it's a virtue i'm not very good at yet!!

i'll keep tempsford on my list though...thank you thank you!!

arlene