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'.
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