Bone china meets blown glass at festival high tea

GUESTS enjoyed the delights of a High Tea at Café Zoo in Drysdale recently while watching local glass artist Glenda MacNaughton blowingand sculpting glass.

The occasion was the launch of the 2019 Festival of Glass Treasure Hunt, which has more than 100 pieces of locally-made glass art as prizes and involves 33 businesses in Curlewis, Drysdale, Clifton Springs and Portarlington.

Treasure Hunt organiser Diane Schofield said everywhere she looked, people were tucking-in to the yummy food, watching Ms MacNaughton blowing glass or talking about what she was doing.

“The 10 door prizes of glass bookmarks and decorations were especially popular,” Ms Schofield said.

This is the Festival’s third annual Treasure Hunt and the launch was booked out two weeks in advance.

Café Zoo owner Marc Rodway said he was very pleased that the High Tea was so popular. “It was a great way to start this year’s Festival of Glass Treasure Hunt,” Mr Rodway said.

The Treasure Hunt is the first event on the 2019 Festival of Glass calendar, which also includes an Expo with 45 exhibitors, the annual Glass Art Awards and demonstrations and classes by renowned glass artists Davide Penso (from Murano, Italy) and Karina Guevin and Cédric Ginart (both from Montreal, Canada).

For more festival events, head to eventbrite. Happy faces around one of the High Tea tables. com.au/o/festival-of-glass 8478011546.