My mother is a stained glass artist and I made a post about her studio previously on this blog. Health and safety is very important in a glass studio as a lot can go wrong, I asked my mother for her advice about how to stay safe while working, heres what she said:
" Make sure to wear a mask when soldering to avoid breathing in toxic fumes! Also when cementing because of the chalk dust in the air, plastic gloves are also advisable"
"Keep plasters near because cutting yourself on glass is inevitable even when your being careful'
"Keep scalpels in corks to avoid accidental injuries, also lead knives are kept in cardboard covers as they are very sharp"
"Glass needs special storage, you don't want it lying around, if you just bump into it could break, you have to always make sure to put things back straight away or accidents happen"
"The kiln gets very hot so its important to let everyone in the studio know that the kiln is on so no one opens the kiln as the work could be ruined. In the summer we open the windows as it can get quite hot in the room'
