Thanks for your question. I’m sure your idea is good. Many crafts provide a natural link between science and art, and so they can help us to understand that, in one sense pace C.P. Snow, there is in fact often just One Culture (not invariably two).

I believe this is very good for the human brain in general, and especially good for the child’s brain in particular.

And, as with many other crafts, it’s important to consider how, given the nature of the materials, the subject is best taught: we have glass, which is sharp, and paint, and, even when you use lead-free paint, there is still a question of the dust.

Myself, I am sure that, in small groups of the right age, the idea is feasible.

And I believe there are several school teachers and teaching assistants who use our e-book to provide a foundation for their own work in schools.

I myself don’t know how they have overcome the various health and safety problems, but I am sure that they have done so.

Please do write again with other ideas and questions.

All the best,
Stephen

I note that you run workshops on glass painting. I am in the process of returning to Primary School teaching, and I therefore wondered what possibilities there would be for school-based workshops in painting on glass, so as to be able to achieve (for example) a cross-curricula approach to the science of light and also to various art subjects.

Is this somethhing that you might consider?

Kindest Regards,

Cathy Batson