Selkirk-based master glass artisan Michael Hunter of Twists Glass Studio has been awarded recognition this year with an award for excellence from the British Craft Trade Fair. The judges’ criteria were based on design, innovation and creativity.

The award was sponsored and judged by Bluefin who specialize in designer/maker insurance. They have sponsored the BCTF Award  for Excellence  for the past decade.
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Michael who founded Twists Glass Studio in Selkirk in 1998 on the Riverside Industrial Estate in Selkirk is no newcomer to award success and this is already the second accolade for excellence he has received this year.

His work is included  in private and public collections  including  Paxton House, part of the The National Gallery, Edinburgh.,  Nazeing  Glass Museum  in Hertfordshire and only last month an example of his work was requested by the Bergstrom  Mahler  Museum in Wisconsin, USA for their  public  collection marking the  first international museum to own his  work.

His recognition as an international glass artist is currently at the forefront of his career
He has been published several times in the USA with recognition as the first  British  contemporary designer  to  be honoured  with  a photograph of  his work appearing   on the  front cover of the  internationally-famous Collectors Bulletin in the USA.

Michael has also given demonstrations and presentations at The Creative Glass Centre of America showing off his unique glass-making techniques to curators, artists and collectors in the USA.

His work will be displayed in The Twists Glass Studio at Weavers Court, Selkirk during the Crossing Borders Art Trail in September.