Happy Christmas!

 A Very Happy Christmas and Here's hoping for a brighter, peaceful 2023 

Penguin impression!

Stairwell Sensation!

 I recently completed this set of 4 stairwell panels. I have creatively photoshopped this image - can you spot the difference?! 

A summers day in the winter...

If you live in a period style home and are reluctant to make too many changes to the most visible areas, a small space in a bathroom or kitchen is an ideal opportunity to branch out and have something that you really want. This design has been adapted to fit so many different shapes over the years and its uplifting nature never fails to give pleasure. For this job there was an added bonus in that we recycled some original green glass from another window into the leaves in the new panel. 

The original design was based on an Art Nouveau set of panels from Barcelona...

A few of the adaptations ..

Jazzy Design

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!

Photo courtesy of Dariush Faria

Southwark Fire Station

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.

Photo courtesy of Nick Ancient

One lamp waiting it's light fixture.

Geometric Style

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...

Photos Courtesy of John Stevens.

Art Deco Style!

 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.

  

Glasses checked in changing light.

The result!

Transformation!

 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.

Photo Courtesy of Tracey Gobey.

The design is adapted from the street design with preferred colours / textured glasses chosen. Some original Victorian glasses were recycled and built in; the amber Japanese around the painted centres and plum coloured Muranese cross shapes. 

The beautiful painted centres with Gerbera flowers and 4 insects hold significance for the customers and were exquisitely painted by Flora Jamieson.

The dining room panel is an adaptation from an original Victorian sun design panel.

Photo courtesy of Tracey Gobey

It incorporates some antique diamond shaped jewels from 2 sets of lantern panels (photos below) and recycled glass from some Pinewood Studios panels used in the set for the recent film Black Widow!

Photo courtesy of Tracey Gobey

All fitting by the amazing John Mahoney.

Lantern panels salvaged by a keen eyed friend! 

Happy New Year 2022!

 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....