An individually handmade small glass sailing boat in translucent lemon yellow with delicate touches of soft pink and lilac.
Fine bubbles and scattered fragments of colour move through the sail, while a broken pale band crosses the glass like light catching the surface of the water. Placed near a window, the yellow becomes especially bright and luminous.
Pink Lemonade was created using coloured offcuts remaining from a stained-glass window I made several years ago. Rather than allowing these small fragments to go to waste, I saved and refired them, giving the glass a completely new life as part of the Regatta Collection.
The original window may now belong to an earlier chapter of my work, but a little of its colour and history survives within this sail.
This listing is for the exact Pink Lemonade boat shown in the photographs. Only one is available.
Approximate overall height: 12 cm
The fused-glass sail rests on its own handmade clear-glass base, shaped to suggest a boat’s hull and finished with a polished chrome fitting.
Designed and handmade by Jan Simpson in her West Sussex studio.
THE STORY BEHIND THE REGATTA COLLECTION
The Regatta Collection grew from a lifetime spent around sailboats and the sea. Some of my earliest and strongest memories are connected with water, and sailing has remained a thread running through my life.
More recently, watching the racing from Felpham Beach and returning to New Zealand brought many of those memories back to the surface. While in Auckland during the Covid period, I was fortunate to attend the 36th America’s Cup. We travelled out by boat to the very edge of the racecourse, close enough to experience the extraordinary scale, speed and movement of the yachts as they passed. It was an unforgettable reminder of the power and elegance of a sail carried by the wind.
These glass boats are not intended as precise models. They are small responses to remembered sails, racing boats, shifting horizons and light moving across open water.
Each boat carries a fragment of those experiences: New Zealand waters, sailing in Hong Kong, the racing off Felpham and the enduring feeling of being at home near the sea.
DISPLAY AND CONSTRUCTION
The fused-glass sail rests on its own handmade clear-glass base, shaped to suggest a boat’s hull and finished with a polished chrome fitting.
Display it individually on a shelf, mantelpiece or windowsill, or place it alongside other boats from the collection to create your own regatta. Near natural light, the subtle tonal variations and striations within the blue glass become more visible.
The glass sail measures approximately 12 cm high.
As every component is individually handmade, measurements, colour distribution and markings may vary slightly from the photographs.
The sail separates from its stand for secure, compact delivery and is easily reassembled on arrival.
Designed and handmade by Jan Simpson in her West Sussex studio.
