A Day Out On The Fylde Coast

[poliphilo]

This is Fleetwood- a quiet seaside town- and former fishing port- just up the coast from unquiet Blackpool. When we started out as witches our mother coven met here.

We paddled, we went round the market, we had afternoon tea.

On our way home we stopped at John Ditchfield's glassworks at Poulton le Fylde- and got to watch him blow a vase. He said afterwards he'd intended it as a balloon, but changed his mind part way through. Ailz told him about collecting Murano glass rabbits - and he said those are known in the trade as "frigworks" because they're made when the glassblowers are "frigging about" in the lunchbreaks or at the end of the working day. I bought Ailz a pendant for her birthday. Ditchfield's big thing is iridescence. I adore iridescence.  

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[aellia.livejournal.com]

Well,that blew a few cobwebs away.
I love iridescence and always used a nail polish called Iridistict or something. It was silvery with a blue sheen that picked up the light when your fingers moved. I bet you're really glad you know that now!
Ailz would understand my dismay at not being able to buy it now :-)
x

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We needed our cobwebs blowing. :)

Ailz bought 6 nail varnishes for £2 on Fleetwood market- all of them sparkly ones!

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

The light in that first photo is wonderful. Ailz looks happy too! :)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

It was a lovely day out. We needed it!

[wokenbyart.livejournal.com]

'Murano glass rabbits' sound much more dignified than frigware...!!!

Thanks for the add back, btw!
:)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

They do, don't they! But it's always nice to get the craftsman's eye view.