Allister Malcolm, Glass Worker
25th June 2025 | AWARD WINNERS | RECIPIENTS
Environmental Sustainability Awards 2024
Glassblower Allister Malcolm from Stourbridge won Environmental Sustainability Awards, alongside Metalworker Rachael Colley from Sheffield, through a partnership between Heritage Crafts and the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST). They both received £1,000 prizes and specially-commissioned trophies at a presentation at Eltham Palace on Tuesday 26 November 2024.
The award recognised the achievements of a craftsperson or microbusiness that has made measurable progress in transforming the environmental impact of their craft business, through a series of incremental changes and improvements. Allister Malcolm is an Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers due to his commitment to the British glass scene, helping raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for Stourbridge Glass Museums. In the past 12 months he has converted his glass studio from fossil fuels to renewable electricity, installed three-phase solar power, and worked with a UK manufacturer to enhance an electric furnace design. It is the first time such measures have been combined in this way.