Makers Dozen - Q & A with Nigel Calvert

Welcome to the Makers Dozen. We ask a Guild member a dozen quickfire questions about their life as a maker.

Today we talk to Stroud-based glass artist Nigel Calvert who makes hand-blown glass sculpture full of vibrant colour. 

Nigel is also a novelist and his book 'The Comet Stone' is available now from his website

Please describe your work in 3 words

Sensual, colourful, hot

How long have you been a maker?

30 years

What’s the best part of your process?

Opening the kiln the following day

What’s the hardest part of your process?

The final form of the piece

Do you have a favourite book about your craft?

The Odyssey

What are you reading?

I love graphic novels and I’m reading Blankets by Craig Thompson

What’s your favourite film?

E.T.

What do you listen to in your studio?

The Doors

What one thing would improve your life as a maker?

Being younger

What’s the best piece of advice you have received?

Only do what you can, I never did 

What’s the question you are asked the most?

Why bother?

Life as a maker can be challenging, what keeps you going?

Never getting it right

Thank you, Nigel.

Read more about Nigel's glass odyssey here