Bath Aqua Theatre of Glass is an arts centre and museum in Walcot Street (The Bath artisan centre)

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, England. It showcases the skills of glassblowers and

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artists in demonstrations and also contains historic stained glass exhibits, which appeared on the BBC's ''

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''. Bath Aqua Glass was founded by Annette Dolan in 1999. The company preserves the art of glassblowing, stained glass, fused glass and glass

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. Its mission statement is 'Colouring the world with ancient arts'. It is now run by Annette Dolan, Adrian Dolan and Themis Mikellides. Amongst its pieces is a

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stained glass window discovered deep in the vaults of

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in 2009, valued at £10-15,000. In addition to making glass ornaments and gifts they also produce

, they give demonstrations of the techniques and opportunities to try out glass blowing.

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External links

Official siteMemorial glass site
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