Karlin Rushbrooke Glass Artist and Designer was born in Bromsgrove, near Birmingham; in the mid to late sixties he studied Glass and Ceramics at Stourbridge College of Art and Design. When the small furnaces were introduced from America in the late sixties, Karlin was one of the first glass makers to set up their own studio; Karlin Rushbrooke Glass was born in 1973 and he never looked back. In 1973-1974 Karlin began teaching glass at Manchester Polytechnic before relocating to Herefordshire in 1974. He became an established figure in the British Glass world and was made Chairman of British Artists in Glass in 1979. The same year he began teaching glass at Bristol Polytechnic (1979-1982) Karlin has spent his professional life divided between life as a builder and a glass artist. He said, ‘I have been a glass blower and a builder for the last forty odd years, now winding down the building but building up the glass. Strong, simple shapes with presence is my goal. His glass is exhibited in some of the country’s finest collections, including the British Craft Council, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Manchester City Art Gallery, Dudley Glass Museum, Dan Klein Collection, Nature in Art, Gloucestershire and Shipley Art Gallery.