A hall with a view

I recently fitted a set of panels along a street where I have completed 3 door sets, all very different. While there I popped in to see a customer whose job inspired the previous 'butterfly' post. The brief for this job was to bring something of a garden feel to a busy street. The background tints are pale green and pink, and look different as they pick up on the changing scenery behind. You can see more pics of this job here;  http://www.apollostainedglass.co.uk/image_ac19a.htm. Pics of the new job to follow...

Love is like a butterfly...

I recently completed a lovely job which included some favourite flowers; Clematis, Roses, Iris, Jasmine and butterflies; Holly Blue and Cabbage White. For the roses I recycled the lush gold/pink streaky glass from the Chemist panels (earlier blog). Amazing how strong and beautiful this delicate colour can be...

 

 

Currently on show till end August 2014.

These textured clear glass and black and white panels are currently on show and for sale at Made in Greenwich Gallery in the heart of Greenwich. This gallery has a constantly changing array of interesting work mostly by local artists / craftspeople. If you are looking for a unique present; jewellery, glass, paintings, prints, ceramics etc or just an unusual card, begin here!

 Woman and Man

Robot

 

In the beginning was a twinkle in a robot lovers eyes Matt Nicholls;



Stunning Edwardian stained glass...

Thankfully no repairs required! Some beautiful glasses; old Flemish, varied light and dark red Arctic in the rose.

Stained Glass Signage

There is some very beautiful stained glass signage from shop fronts from the 19th and 20th Century.
Recently in for restoration 'Chemist' signage. The original panels would most likely all have had coloured glass like the blue glass bottle possibly in pink and green. the streaky glass contains 'true pink'. There's gold in that there glass!

 From Whitstable;

Llandudno;

 

Greenwich (now removed and lost);





 

Crewkerne;



 

Barcelona;







 

 







St Nicholas Cole Abbey

I recently did some restoration work for St Nicholas Cole Abbey. It was the first church to be rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London and was completed in 1678 at a cost of £5042! The church was gutted in 1941 by one of the worst air raids of the war and subsequently rebuilt in 1962. The colourful panels were designed by Keith New (who also designed stained glass for Coventry Cathedral). The rest of the church has plain glazing in reamy hand made glass. This changes colour and brightness with the changing weather and has it's own special beauty. The church now has a lovely café selling tea and cakes, a far cry from the building site of earlier this year!

Cockpit Arts Open Studios 13th - 15th June

We have 2 Open Studios per year, next one in December. There is an enormous variety of talent here; metal workers, weavers, leather workers, wood turners, jewellers, ceramicists, luthiers, bow restorer, fused glass, interior products e.g. light shades, cushions etc. It's a great way to try out ideas and display work in progress. The images below show Glass Maids fused / stained glass combo. Glass Maids is a collaboration with Sue King where we set Sue's vibrant and colourful pieces in vintage textured backgrounds. Our current range includes lollies, cakes, fruit, veg and cocktails. More work can be seen here; http://suekingglass.co.uk/tipsy-glass/ . The black and white / textured glasses panels are part of a new range of free hanging panels inspired by the amazing Louis Barillet. The robot began life as a sketch by Matt Nicholls. To see more of Matts amazing creative work click here; http://www.mattnichollsdesigns.com/index.htm. The number 60 is a customers door panel; work in progress. The last image shows work for the artist Terry Scales http://www.blueforce.demon.co.uk/terry.scales/. The print shows a painting entitled The Night Watchman, that was stolen from an art gallery in the 1950's and shows it's recreation in glass, cut and ready for painting.