Designer, maker, restorer of traditional and contemporary stained glass.
This bright and cheerful design was based on a customer photo which we adapted to fit 2 door panels. The background streaky glass was cut from a single sheet of glass and all the streaks needed to run through the pattern. The glass came from a supplier Hartley Wood, no longer in existence so a little extra pressure! The other glasses were chosen for their brightness and light catching sparkliness!
Restoration of the 'FIRE' lamp for this grade 2 listed building (or buildings!). Built in the 1870's it has a fascinating history SOUTHWARK FIRE STATION, Non Civil Parish - 1385916 | Historic England, and established the prototype for London Fire stations in the 1880s. It was the first headquarters for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the home of the first Chief Officer, Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw. The buildings are currently being redeveloped as flats.
This lovely simple design is called a boxed quarry. The glasses are a mix of new and vintage textured glasses to blend in with the existing fanlight. Although a traditional Victorian design it can really look very contemporary...
It's always great to work with customers' ideas and transform them into something beautiful. For this commission the customers knew roughly the type of look they wanted, something Art Deco and dramatic! They had the great idea of using electric tape, easy to remove / play around with, to indicate lead lines on their existing door...
A few aspects of the design were changed as the pieces were quite large and not ideal for art glass and a few embellishments were added.
Glasses used were a mix of old and new glasses and chosen specifically for their light catching properties and subtle shades of amber.
It's always a pleasure to work on the beautiful houses in New Cross, London. The work consisted of a new door set of panels with fanlight above and separately a dining room fanlight.
As promised here are some stunning close ups of the 5th miracle window recently on display at the 'Thomas Becket; murder and making of a saint' exhibition at the British Museum....
