Plowden and Thompson

Plowden and Thompson are specialist glass manufacturers and coloured glass suppliers for studio and beadmaking, they also manufacture for industrial, medical, commercial and recreational uses. Based in Stourbridge in the West Midlands they have been producing glass since 1922.

For the studio artist and lamworker they produce two different ranges of soft glass either with a CoE of 93 or 100 in a variety of colours both opaque and transparent.

Rods sizes are available in diameters 5-7mm 6-8mm,7-9mm,8-10mm and 10-12mm They also supply powders and chips of the same glass'.

Plowden and Thompson were also very influential in the introduction of glass bead making into the UK.

Further information

For further information see The Manufacturers Website