Chris Blade is a glassmaker & designer - Since gaining his Masters Degree in Glass at the Royal College of Art, London in 1987 Chris has worked as a glassmaker; a craftsman designing & making bespoke furniture in glass, stone & metal; as a design consultant; a lecturer running BA Design courses in the South of England & as a travel photographer.
2008 Gerald Moran Interiors, Islington, London
2006 ‘Snapshots’ – Exhibition of graal glass, University of S. Australia, Adelaide
2006 Graal glass’ – JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
2005 'Murmurations' sculpture for Arundel - commissioned as part of arts festival
2005 Sculpture for roundabout Worthing, West Sussex
2003 Decorex, London
2002 Marine House Gallery, Beer, Devon
Art Interiors, Brighton
1999 Wykeham Gallery, Basingstoke
1997 Over & Above, The Pump House, Battersea Park, London
1996 Connections '96, The Anvil, Basingstoke
Decorative Arts Today, Bonhams, London
1995 Decorative Arts Today, Bonhams, London
1994 Decorative Arts Today, Bonhams, London
Decorex, Syon Park, London. In association with Burlington Stone
1993 Decorative Arts Today, Bonhams, London
1992 Decorative Arts Today, Bonhams, London
1990 New Designers Gallery, Business Design Centre, London
1988 One Year On, New Designers, Business Design Centre, London
As You Like It, the Art of Commissioning, Royal Festival Hall, London
1987 Glass Decade, Pilkington Glass Museum, St. Helens, Liverpool
Royal College of Art Degree Show
New Designers, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
Chelsea Design Show, Kings Road, London
Aspects Showhouse, Highbury, London
IDDA / Decorex, Kensington, London.
New British Design, Tokyo, Japan
British Design, Seoul, Korea
Designers Saturday, Oscar Woolens, London
1986 Liberty, London
1985 Class of 85, Coleridge Gallery, Piccadilly, London
Retrospect, Het Glashuis, Alkmaar, Holland
1984 New Work, Het Gashuis Gallerie, Alkmaar, Holland
Homepage: http://www.chrisblade.com/glassgallery
Chris's website: http://www.chrisblade.com