Our studio has always had an emphasis on the creation of handcrafted freeform art glass by Gerry Reilly, on open studio sessions, and on hot glass experiential workshops. Please go to our About page to read the latest news on our last days in hot glass practice as we close our doors and turn off our furnace on September 20 this year, 2026 after 36 years.

Our awesome and original hot glass designer and artist, Gerry Reilly has developed a strikingly vivid range of handblown art glass designs from the Melting Pot Glass Studio in Margaret River WA, which he has co-owned and operated for the past 35 years, until his upcoming retirement from commercial hot glass production at the end of September 2026. He is choosing to take time out to consider his pathway forward as artist/craftsperson. Photos of Gerry Reilly Glass Designs from his 45 years creating in hot glass can be viewed on the website in our gallery.

Open by appointment, he and his partner Margot Edwards evolved the business from a public demonstration warehouse studio to a main street gallery & studio, and ultimately to a smaller home-based studio over three and half decades in Margaret River, WA.

You’ll never forget the experience of spending half an hour or more with Gerry,  as he involved you in the process of making your own stemless glass and shared stories of glass techniques, creativity and art glass history in answer to your fascination.

Your kids may also have experienced the fun of ‘blowing’ their own colourful bauble in front of their eyes!

Links to the workshop page to book online for workshops, demonstration will finish on August 30, 2026.

We wish to pay our respects to the Wadandi people – their ancestors past, and the present and future traditional custodians on whose country we live and work.

We acknowledged and respect their age-old care and management of their country, their continuing culture and intrinsic knowledge.