Designer, maker, restorer of traditional and contemporary stained glass.
Looking forward to the very first Thames-Side Studios, Makers Market. With 40 stalls, a wide range of crafts and FREE entry! On my stall will be a range of Xmas gifts including stained glass snowballs, ladders, sandblasted snowflakes and brilliant cut starbursts. More info can be found here; <i>Makers' Market</i> | Thames-Side Studios , I look forward to seeing you there....
After the Second World War many properties in London survived but bomb blasts in the locality would mean the houses were left without their original glass. A post war style came in that was elegant and cheerful and continues to be popular today. Below are 2 panels made for a glazing company, to be in keeping with the neighbours...
These elegant panels had multiple cracks. Glasses were matched and replaced on site...
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You don't have to have a complicated design to add real flair and value to your home. These original panels were part of the whole external look of the house when it was designed and elements are often reflected in other features. These original panels had multiple cracks which were replaced on site to keep costs down. As an old glass stockist I often have replacements for discontinued glasses.
Recently created this little panel for the Inspired By William Morris exhibition run by the The British Society of Master Glass Painters. The panel was a joint project with Peter Garretty with the painting by Peter and the concept and construction mine. Morris had many sides to his character but the side that inspires me the most is his awareness of the damage that mankind can do to the natural world but with an awe and respect for the power of nature to bounce back. The title of the panel 'Two Minute Warning' comes from American Football where 2 minutes towards the end of a game the clock stops and the players group together. It's a time for reflection and creating that final winning strategy before game over. It feels like we are at the two minute stage, we hear constantly about habitat loss and plant and wildlife dramatically reduced. So much land is paved over but there is much opportunity to change this in small ways at a local level, for example on driveways where so many are paved even a corner of plants or a few pots of flowers can make a massive difference to whether wildlife survives. The quote comes from Morris's book 'Art and the Beauty of the Earth'.
I'm lucky to work for a lot of trade customers and I recently restored a stained glass house name panel for a glazing company. The panel was unusual in being glazed into the front door and not the fanlight. In a front door thinner pieces are more likely to break and this panel had it's fair share along with bowing. Matching up and replacing old white glass can be tricky, white glass often looks different in transmitted light and then again in reflected light. It's hard to get a good balance but I was lucky to have access to a very good match! I kept the leads on the grey side of buffed to match in with the remaining door set.
This fanlight was created to fit in with 2 very different existing panels with one set of painted panels surrounding a different central panel. Some original Victorian painted panels had just come into stock and we re-used these including the original pitted red border that matched the existing outer panels.
