Ian Pearson – British Society of Scientific Glassblowers

Winner of the 2022 Heritage Crafts / Marsh Volunteer Award

The Heritage Crafts / Marsh Volunteer of the Year award was won by scientific glassblower Ian Pearson, who has served as editor of the British Society of Scientific Glassblowers (BSSG) journal for 38 years, as well as being Chair of the Society from 2002 to 2009. As well as editing the journal, Ian deals with the companies that advertise in it, carries out scientific glassblowing demos on behalf of the BSSG as well as attending BSSG council meetings. All this work carried out voluntarily. Ian was trained as a scientific glassblower in Surrey before he started at Dounreay, taking charge of its scientific glass department in 1981.

Photo: Ian Pearson, Heritage Crafts / Marsh Volunteer of the Year winner 2022, with Annie McCarthy and Heather Crombie from the Marsh Charitable Trust