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Herbie wins award for engraving at age of 91 A WELLS craftsman has won a prestigious prize for glass engraving at the age of 91. Herbie Davies of Milton Lane has been awarded the Gay Parraman award for excellence by the Guild of Glass Engravers. “I’m tickled pink that aged 91, I have achieved the accolade of not only being accepted into the Guild of Glass Engravers but I have also won this lovely prize,” said Herbie. In his younger years, he studied all areas of art, specialising in pottery at Cardiff Art College. In the Fifties and Sixties he taught art and rugby at Millfield School before going into industry. Since retirement he has continued his passion for art, including extending this interest into glass engraving. He said that he moved on to this because in the style that he uses, “all you needed was probably sit in the dentist’s chair and you could use his tools – basically drills”. He works in a studio above his garage, and says that his
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Fundraiser in friend’s memory Herbie Davies engraving his prize commemorative glass plate technique is normally to draw a design on glass and then engrave it from there. The recent prize came with a commemorative glass plate which he has engraved with a version of the winning image that shows the layers of a Ukrainian Doll.
He and his wife Julia moved to Wells 30 years ago, but sadly Julia died in March just after he won the prize. “It was the last thing unfortunately. She was my best Continued on page 2
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