St Nicholas, Moreton, Purbeck.

We visited this beautiful airy church in Dorset last summer. Following on from wartime damage 13 new windows have been engraved by Lawrence Whistler, over some 30 years (1955 - 1985). It is interesting to see how he honed his skill over time. The last window that he made of Judas Iscariot, was initially rejected by the church, with the panel going to a museum instead. Eventually after Lawrence's death the window was installed but not 'allowed inside' the church so the window can only be viewed from the outside, walking around the church until you find it!

The 13th window - a wall is behind this panel making it appear black. you can just make out that Judas is shown hung by his neck and dropping the silver coins. 

The church is now closed following the corona virus pandemic but you can still visit the website to find out more here.

Time to update the blog....

In this scary time I thought I would take the opportunity to update the blog with both work undertaken and some beautiful glass work I have been lucky enough to see. So lets start with the awe inspiring work of Brian Clarke from his 2018 exhibition 'The Art of Light' at The Sainsbury Centre...

Charlton Slopes

It's always fantastic when you get to fill out a full door spread with fanlight, side fanlights, side panels and door panels! This beautiful Edwardian home only had the horizontal door panel remaining from the original set of 3 door panels and one central fan. Much of the original street design remains along the street and curiously the style appears to be that none of the side panels were made into stained glass. It is strange as when it is a full set the hallway looks so much larger. It's possible that the builders money ran out, stained glass was often the victim of declining budgets. Fortunately for this job the central panels lent themselves well to being adapted for new designs for the side panels. It was also brilliant to be able to fill in the fanlight scroll with a house name, so many of these were left blank so that the new owner could fill in their chosen names but maybe it's just one of those jobs that is low down on the list of priorities, I think it really adds to the interest and charm of a house!

All that was left from the original door set.

Full house!

Panels made using vintage Muranese glass from my stock of old glasses. Copies of the original street style birds painted by Flora Jamieson.

External view showing the effect of the textures of lead and glass with decorative brickwork. 

Painted scroll using an Art Nouveau font.