Simon Pearce's studio and restaurant

[Nomad]

I'm in Quechee Vt outside Woodstock Vt. I'm going to see Simon Pearce's studio and eat at his restaurant. I'm going to take lots of pictures. I will post them.
Simon Pearce has a great website if you want to google him. He got a studio powered by hydroelectric. He has a creek with a dam. I think it's an old mill. He also had a continuous feed furnace.
I will post pics after I go to the restaurant for lunch.

[shawnette]

Cool. Sounds like fun!

[Nomad]

[Nomad]

Hydroelectric powered furnace and studio.

[Nomad]

Half the size of the gallery.

[OceanMelt]

Rad.

[raul24]

Very cool.

[Nomad]

[Nomad]

[basho42]

I was driving back to Indiana after IT in 2003 and came across Simon Pierce and my mind was blown. A picturesque setting with talented glass artists and a great restaurant. This concept has fuel my imagination while on the torch ever since.
Thanks for bringing back these memories.

[HerbChambers]

Thats awesome, might have to make a trip to check it out.

[menty666]

50 bucks for a clear ornament? Sheeesh

[Amorphous]

right?!, so maybe we all just need to open a restaurant in front of our bench and can then charge for the "entertainment" as well as the glass

[Nomad]

It was a really good restaurant with great service.

[Nomad]

I went to lunch. It was more reasonable.

[LowTideGlass]

Looks like they are back to normal. Didn't they get flooded pretty bad a while back? I think the river flooded the entire studio.

What an awesome setup they have going on. Would love to check it out.

[Nomad]

yeah they told us that the huricane destroyed half the place. But they reopened it in 2 weeks. The covered bridge next to had to be replaced.

[Nomad]

I wish I had that furnace and the hydro electric plant he has in there. You could make so much glass out of that furnace. I would be a rich dude.

[Nomad]

I would make like 100 ornaments a day for sure.