Nautical theme

Recently completed this panel which sat in between 2 earlier sets of panels I adapted / restored / made new! One a beautiful old pictorial panel which came from a pub not surprisingly called 'The Ship', with newly made fanlight above. The other set of panels (door and corridor) incorporated the house motif of 'reed and ribbon' replicated in various decorative features across the house.

This panel needed to work with both designs with the customers being keen to continue the nautical theme. With this in mind we kept the same layout as the reed and ribbon panel, enlarged the borders, a compass was used for the central area and the Carrick Bend rope pattern used for the corner features.

Panel before fitting.

For the compass border we used a semi opaque streaky glass which changed greatly in different lights. 

With the amber streaky glass the ropes seem to glow!

One side soldered!

To see close ups of the ship look here  and to see close ups of the 'reed and ribbon' design look here.

Space Age New Cross!

I recently completed this traditional door set in New Cross. The stained glass is a copy of the original street design, part of the Hatcham Manor Estate but with a difference as the customer wanted something a little quirky and fun mixed in. Being a cat lover and also an admirer of the fabulous retro style work of El Gato Gomez we found some shapes that would blend with the traditional painted quarries and that on first glance you might possibly overlook but pause a while and you will get a surprise....

Traditional street design.

Space age cats dropped in!

All handpainted quarries by the brilliant Flora Jamieson!

Love stained glass but don't have the space for something big?

Over the years I have made many small gift panels both bespoke and based on traditional designs, here is a small selection...

Art Nouveau Style

Thames Barge

BOO!

Canadian Robin

Charlton supporting snowman!

Pots

Influenced by the talented Louis Barillet

Abandoned ski resort Canada

Glass Maids!

Greenwich Peninsula 2002

Olympesque!

Open Studios 2009

Penguin

Section from Saint Serge

Ships from an Art Nouveau Yearbook

Summer Fizz

Sunrise

Postcard from Vietnam

Windy day on Blackheath!

Got an idea - please get in touch, let's make it happen!

A Corona Message from QE1 - Stay Home and Stay Safe

"For it is monstrous that the feet should direct the head"

Tower Bridge

It was a pleasure and a privilege to work for Glass Build Design recently, restoring a leaded diamond window for Tower Bridge.

Missing panes were replaced with matching old glass...

photo courtesy of Glass Build Design

restored window - middle, bottom, left. 

photo courtesy of Glass Build Design

Just plain glazing in diaper pattern but from an engineering marvel and one of London's best known icons!

photo courtesy of Frank Bridge - see more of his beautiful work here.

Though Tower Bridge is closed at the moment due to the Corona virus you can find out more about this landmark structure and it's changing programme of exhibitions on their website here.

Colourful celebration

This fanlight was recently completed for a friend I have known since childhood. A design was chosen from a pattern book and the challenge was to find glasses that reflected the uniqueness of a highly skilled (across a range of mediums; ceramics, sculpture, prints, paintings and games design!) and creative home. The glasses chosen were mostly vintage with a mix of handmade, machine made, colour and texture.

Hallway with beautiful colourful paintings by Joan Burr...

Pasting up glasses...

Leading up...

The panel in situ.

Paintings by Joan Burr...

Ceramics by Graham Burr from the V&A collection - click here for more information.