The Studio
Inspired by
craftsmanship.
Copa + Glas was founded in 2021 by Anthony McCarty and Bradley McWhinney. What began as a workshop conversation has grown into a small studio of skilled craftspeople, comfortable across materials, processes, and brief.
The studio was born of a directional, sustainable, and deeply personal approach to making, working with two materials above all others: copper and glass.
Bradley McWhinneyAnthony McCarty
The Studio
Anthony McCarty
Co-founder / Master Craftsman
Anthony found his calling in his early twenties. Captivated by glass, its structure and demanding precision, he apprenticed at a world-renowned stained glass studio in Shoreditch, East London. He learned early that the material demands patience and precision above all else.
Four decades later, that discipline is the foundation of everything the studio makes. His past commissions include conservation work on Big Ben and an extensive installation at the Grade II listed Hotel Café Royal on Regent Street, where over a thousand handmade copper screens were crafted across four floors for the hotel's celebrated lightwell.
He specialises in reviving techniques that have been overlooked or forgotten, and in bringing them forward without compromise. The studio's craft vocabulary is built entirely on that lineage.
Bradley McWhinney
Co-founder / Creative Director
Bradley's background is in design, and that sensibility runs through the ideative side of the studio — how new ideas develop, how commissions are approached, and how Copa + Glas presents its work.
He also oversees the day-to-day running of the business, and believes the commercial and the craft should never be at odds. A well-run studio makes better work.
The Technique
Precise, but never rigid.
Every piece is composed of hand-cut panes set within a framework of pure, solid copper. Multifaceted, deliberate, made one pane at a time.
The technique is precise but flexible. Scale, shape, glass type, and composition are all adapted to the nature of the commission — whether that is a collection piece, an architectural brief, or a private work. What does not change is how it is made: by hand, with full attention, from start to finish.
Commissions
The studio is open to commission, collaboration, and conversation.
We welcome enquiries from collectors, interior designers, architects, and partners exploring new spaces, new materials, and new forms together.