Bill Bryson and Red Desert

"Among the many thousands of things that I have never been able to understand one in particular stands out. That is the question of who was the first person who stood by a pile of sand and said "You know, I bet if we took some of this sand and mixed it with a little potash and heated it, we could make a material that would be solid and yet transparent. We could call it glass." Call me obtuse but you could stand me on a beach until the end of time and never would it occur to me to try and make it into windows"     Bill Bryson

 Well Bill has a valid point but let's be grateful that the Egyptians and Phoenicians did! Early glass pieces are quite stunning and it is amazing that so many have survived. Now this "Red Desert" plate is not at all ancient - it was only made ten days ago and it sold last week, its first on the stall.

I have a theory - the buyers know which pieces are new or were difficult to make and hone in on them. Maybe I am 'projecting' and the customers pick up on it. Whatever the reason it is a good problem to have and the more buyers the better!!

Cheers!