Olde English Witch Ball

14 x 13 x 13 cm

Hand blown glass ornament in assorted colours.

 For Nicholas and Ankeeta, glassblowing is a metaphor for marriage: a balance of heat and patience, fragility and strength. A testament to their belief that beauty emerges from life’s fiercest moments.  Their love story began in the Yukon where Nicholas was traveling for work and Ankeeta was on scholarship working. When they married, they vowed to build a life—and a business—that fused their talents. In 2018, they founded Playful Flame Glassworks. 

Nicholas, a second-generation glassblower graduated from Fleming Collage with an associates degree in applied arts and technology specializing in glassblowing. Ankeeta, has a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Major in glass art from the Alberta Collage of Art and Design.

 Every piece at Playful Flame Glassworks begins as a glowing gather of molten glass, pulled from a 2,100°F furnace. Nicholas’s hands move with the precision of decades, twisting, blowing, and sculpting, while Ankeeta puts the finishing touch on each piece and makes sure every piece is of the highest quality.

Our signature sun-catchers are more than ornaments; they are “light keepers.” Hung in a window, each ornament transforms sunlight into many colours, casting stories onto walls—a fleeting homage to the North’s ever-changing skies. Their glass ornaments, delicate as frost yet sturdy as the boreal forest, are heirlooms in the making.