Designer Kathleen Leadbetter is on a mission to make simple, beautiful glassware

Aileen Lee talks to Kathleen Leadbetter, designer and fused glass artist.
Designer Kathleen Leadbetter is on a mission to make simple, beautiful glassware
Sat, 01 Oct, 2016 - 01:00
Aileen Lee

What’s your background?

My husband Keith and I set up Jerpoint Glass Studio, a handcrafted glassblowing studio in the heart of County Kilkenny in 1979.

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