The hands behind the glass
A small kiln-forming studio in Leith, making decorative glass the slow way.
Who we are
Founded on fire, patience and a refusal to outsource
Iron Stag Glassworks grew out of a single second-hand kiln in a draughty Leith workshop. What started as a fascination with how heat coaxes colour out of plain glass became a full studio practice — fused panels, architectural commissions, memorial pieces and the workshops where we hand the tongs over to someone new.
Every piece is designed and made here by hand. There's no production line and no farming out the tricky bits. If your name is on the commission, it passed across our bench — cut, layered, fired and finished by us.
What we stand for
Three things that shape how every piece leaves the studio.
Made by hand, start to finish
From the first sketch to the final cold-work, your piece never leaves our hands or our kiln.
Colour earned through heat
We know our kiln's temperament — every firing schedule is chosen to bring out the colour a design needs.
Time taken seriously
Good glass can't be rushed; we'd rather give a commission the weeks it deserves than cut a corner.