Glass making: TMPR’s fun day out!

 

TMPR are huge champions of ongoing professional development, but also believe encouraging personal growth is the key to nurturing a brilliant team. Alongside regularly attending industry events, every quarter TMPR have some fun away from the desks and learn new skills.

This quarter we visited Glass By Design, fellow Vale of Glamorgan Business Award’s finalists and only a stone’s throw away from our office in Penarth, for a glass making workshop. The team were taught a variety of brand-new skills by the expert teachers including how to make fused glass hangers and coasters from scratch, how to apply coloured glass to form a custom design, and how to fire their creations in the kiln to create a long-lasting ornament. The team also had a great time learning new technical terminology (we are a technical marketing agency after all!) including Confetti, Stringers, and Frit.

Rachel, who loves to craft in her spare time says: “The glass making away day was fantastic. Crafting is a huge passion of mine so learning about a new form of crafting and getting to be creative with my new team was a real treat, we had a lot of fun that day.”

“I had a great day at the glass workshop. I liked learning about the process and seeing my ideas come to life,” Oliver adds. “A highlight for me was learning about the kiln and how it makes the colours permanent, it was really interesting. The whole day was fun, and I would definitely do it again.”

“It was great to get the chance to be creative at the glass workshop and have some fun doing something a bit different,” Tom recalls. “It was intriguing to compare how the colours on the glass looked before and after they had been in the kiln as there was definitely a change. My favourite part of the day was seeing what designs everyone came up with.”

As we head into the final quarter of the year, next activity is destined for a seasonal theme… watch this space!