My Amanda Gorman stained glass picture is exhibited at the Craft Centre and Design Gallery in Leeds from 23 April to 04 June 2022. I was delighted to have been selected as one of 25 glass artists to exhibit as part of the Contemporary Glass Society’s 25th Anniversary Joy of Glass Showcase. Even more exciting is that this exhibition is one of the International Year of Glass (2022) events.

The Society approached us last year to collaborate with them for a very special showcase where The Craft Centre and Design Gallery would curate 25 makers for a two-part celebration of glass by some of the most renowned glass makers based in the UK and beyond.  As it’s a very special anniversary for us this year and the International Year of Glass, we jumped at the chance of this fantastic opportunity to bring some outstanding glass to the city of Leeds, and to give it the spotlight it so rightly deserves.

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This stained glass design was based on Amanda’s recital of her ‘The Hill We Climb’ poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony in January 2021. This stained glass hanging captures the colours and shapes of that day in the sunshine.

Her work has themes of marginalisation and oppression, often focussing on feminism and race. Amanda Gorman was included in 2021’s Time Magazines Time100 Next list.Based on my own drawing that you can see by scrolling through the images, this hanging has been made using the tiffany (copper foil) technique and is framed in zinc with hanging loops. It’s 32 x 21cm.

Hanging at a window brings out the best of the glass (particularly the amber sunshine) but it also looks good on a wall, emphasising the face and hair which are opaque glass.

You can see some a lovely virtual tour of the showcase in the YouTube video below or take a look at my shop and see what’s for sale today.

Take a look at some of my other work in my Gallery page.