Neil Wilkin is Britain's most important hot-glass maker. He is a product of the studio glass movement but within that two entirely different things: an artist in his own right with a vision that he uses his own skills to articulate; and a glass master in the old sense of the term, a leader coordinating the multiple skills and abilities of a team to realise the visions of other artists. These two though separate related aspects of Wilkin and his work need always to be borne in mind.
There are other master glass blowers in the studio movement through whose virtuoso artistry others can realise their dreams and aspirations but how many when given the freedom to express themselves actually have something personal to say, something which makes them artists rather than just super crafts people.
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