Suffragette – Emmeline Pankhurst
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Why do people hate moths?
Why do people hate moths? Did you know many of the very old stained glass windows are painted? Today we can buy a huge variety of colours and textures of glass negating the need to use traditional painting methods such as scraffito where layers are scratched off to reveal colours underneath. Many glass painting methods
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Woman Life Freedom
I didn’t expect to cry when I sold this At my monthly stall at Edinburgh’s Grassmarket market I was speaking to @amwhogirl, an author and lover of Scotland who was visiting from Canada. She has become a friend as she always stops by my stall when she visits Scotland, and we talk regularly on Instagram.
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Ada Lovelace – a 19th century Computer Programmer?
Ada Lovelace was a 19th Century mathematician. Ada was the daughter of Lord Byron and has been credited with being one of the first computer programmers because of her work with Charles Babbage and his ‘Analytical Engine’. The annual Ada Lovelace day is in October celebrating women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Look
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Exhibitions; Razzle Dazzle and Whispers
Exhibitions! The world of art exhibitions is new and unfamiliar to me, but if you are looking to buy stained glass, an exhibition would be a great place to start! I was pleased to exhibit my stained glass Amanda Gorman at the Craft Centre and Design Gallery in Leeds earlier this year as part of
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Custom stained glass art; Zelda the wolf.
Why did I make this wolf in stained glass? I was asked to make a stained glass wolf for a customer who had previously commissioned me to make large and small pieces. Never having made a wolf before, I was a little nervous. I had looked at stained glass dogs and other animals on t’internet
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Exhibition time!
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
Suffragette Panel
NOW SOLD (21 May) This latest suffragette panel has slogans from the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and one of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society’s (NUWSS) leaders, Millicent Fawcett. There is a splendid bronze statue of Millicent in Parliament Square, London by Gillian Wearing showing the Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere banner.
Maya Angelou panel
Maya Angelou’s autobiograhical “I know why the caged bird sings” was published in 1969 and I used images from Random House’s first edition along with a quote from the book to create this zinc-framed stained glass hanging with a beautiful wispy amber glass. Progress pictures below from initial sketch to cutting, to copper foiling each
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