The life and times
of
A. F. Sherlock!

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ALLEN FRANK SHERLOCK

ALLEN WAS BORN AT MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN HANOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE, ON AUGUST 5, 1963. HE WAS RAISED IN WINDSOR COUNTY, VERMONT, AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT SOUTH ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTH ROYALTON, VERMONT.

IN 1983, ALLEN BECAME A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN,
WHICH CONTINUES TO BE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND HIS LIFE.

ALLEN'S FIRST EXPIRIENCE WITH BLOWN GLASS HAPPENED IN 1985,
AT SIMON PEARCE GLASS IN QUECHEE, VERMONT. SIMON PEARCE GLASS WAS FOUNDED BY SIMON PEARCE, WHO HAD MOVED HIS COMPANY FROM HIS NATIVE IRELAND TO QUECHEE. SIMON PEARCE GLASS WOULD BE THE FOUNDATION OF ALLEN'S GLASSBLOWING KNOWLEDGE.

IN 1988, ALLEN MOVED TO BRASSTOWN, NORTH CAROLINA. HE FOUND HIMSELF WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER VARIOUS JOBS
WITH NOT EVEN A DESIRE TO GET BACK INTO GLASSBLOWING.

HOWEVER, IN 1989, ALLEN STARTED WORKING FOR
DAVID GOLDHAGEN OF GOLDHAGEN STUDIOS IN HAYESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. DAVID IS A NATIONALLY KNOW GLASS ARTIST WHO SELLS HIS GLASS ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA. ALLEN WOULD WORK FOR DAVID FOR SEVEN YEARS. HIS EXPIRIENCE WORKING FOR DAVID WOULD TEACH HIM MOST OF THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE THAT HE WOULD NEED TO START HIS OWN GLASS STUDIO IN THE FALL OF 1996.

IN JANUARY OF 1997, ALLEN OFFICIALLY OPENED
SHERLOCK'S FREE-BLOWN ART GLASS WHICH IN 1998,WOULD BE RENAMED
A. F. SHERLOCK'S.

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