Malcolm Sutcliffe

Malcolm Sutcliffe was born in England in 1954 and is married with two children. He went to Birmingham Polytechnic to study ceramics back in 1976 and was so drawn to the glass facility there that he changed direction and studied glass full time. After finishing the course at Birmingham Polytechnic he set up his first studio at Winyates Crafts Centre, Redditch also during this time Malcolm was employed as a visiting lecturer at Bristol Polytechnic and Stourbridge College of Art and Technology. He then spent a few years working at a glass studio in Cambridge before moving to Chesterfield and setting up a glass studio with two other glassblowers.
 
Since 1991 Malcolm has been making his hand blown glass in his own studio with the assistance of his wife Jean. They moved to Penryn, Cornwall in 2001 and converted an old bake house into his glassmaking studio and the bakers shop has been transformed into the Malcolm Sutcliffe Glass Gallery.  Malcolm's distinctive work is sold throughout the UK and worldwide and is also represented in various art galleries and museum collections.
 
The Malcolm Sutcliffe Glass Gallery is open Wed to Fri 11-5, Sat 10-1 and he also holds "open studio" days when visitors can watch the glassmaking, see his website for more details, browse and buy online too.