P657 Teletext 657 Dec30 20:44:44 ————————————————————————————— STOURBRJDGE IS THE BLOW-ZONE One of the young entrepreneurs displaying her wares in the swish new Prince's Youth Business Trust shop in London is glass-blower Katherine Shaw. Like other young craftspeople selling through the PYBT shop, Katherine speaks highly of the help she's had from the Trust. "I had a £2,000 loan and a £1,000 grant which I'm using to renovate a workshop" she told Teletext. ——————————————————————————————————1/3—— Mike Drummond 656 On line 650 JOBS IN YOUR REGION p368 (ITV) Education Careers Finance JobsP657 Teletext 657 Dec30 20:48:12 ————————————————————————————— STOURBRJDGE IS THE BLOW-ZONE Artist Katherine Shaw makes unusual and distinctive glass jewellery and ornaments. Her bowls and vases have little slivers of coloured glass wedged between layers of clear glass to give a speckled effect. Katherine's prices start at £40 for a paperweight. Her glassware is on sale at Harvey Nichols as well as the Prince's Trust shop. Tomfoolery stock her jewellery. ——————————————————————————————————2/3—— Mike Drummond 656 On line 650 JOBS IN YOUR REGION p368 (ITV) Education Careers Finance JobsP657 Teletext 657 Dec30 20:41:17 ————————————————————————————— STOURBRJDGE IS THE BLOW-ZONE Glass artist Katherine Shaw calls her native Wiltshiri "the blow-zone" because there are lots of glass workshops in the area. She gets her heavy work done for hit in one of them. Her own workshop is mainly for her jewellery work. She reckons it will take her around three years to become established, so for the moment she supplements her income with a part-time teaching job. ——————————————————————————————————3/3—— Katherine Shaw: 01509 213279 JOBS IN YOUR REGION p368 (ITV) Education Careers Finance Jobs