A CELEBRATION of 31 years in business and new beginnings will have Tasmanians privy to exclusive, never-before-seen glasswares.
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Breadalbane business Tasmanian Glassblowers will soon welcome the Western Australian owners of Glass Manifesto into its workshop to share the work space.
In a move to clean out the space, Tasmanian Glassblowers owner James Dodson will hold a sale of unique and rare finds on Saturday.
He said prices would range from $5 to "the sky is the limit".
"We're going to have a sale of developmental work, rare pieces that are not part of my product range and things that I've been making over the last 30 years," he said.
"There's lots of rare finds - pieces I made in developing techniques . . . There are some really interesting pieces in terms of developmental work.
"There are really some unique pieces. It's a fairly broad cross-section.
"This is the first sale I've done."
Mr Dodson said the introduction of Glass Manifesto, formerly of Perth, Western Australia, was a boon for Tasmania's glass industry.
He said owners Peter Bowles and Anne Clifton had unique styles of their own.
"Peter is an England-trained glassblower and very skilled," he said.
"His partner, Anne, is a very good designer and maker in her own right."
"I'm excited. It's actually quite a special relationship which is actually quite unusual, but that's what we do in Tasmania."
FAST FACTS
WHAT: Tasmanian Glassblowers sale.
WHEN: Saturday from 10am to 2pm.
WHERE: Tasmanian Glassblowers, Breadalbane.