Stained glass work & courses This summer has flown by with so much going on. I have have done a tremendous amount of work for myself this year in and out of the studio. My personal work is as important as my commissions as it all becomes connected through line work, design and paint. I am currently working on three windows for a private commission, the clients love foxgloves and I am eager to do the flowers in glass painting. Some projects take longer than others depending on so many … [Read more...]
May blooms into summertime
Hello to all fellow creatives in the southern and northern hemispheres I hope you are well. This past year has been full of surprises, so I have had to slow down and take stock. I had an immune system health problem which took me by storm and therefore I have had to change my lifestyle completely. I am sure many people have these personal health issues for which we must change our way of thinking, working, foods, lifestyle to change ourselves for the better. Mind, body and spirit ! Fortunately I … [Read more...]
Autumn/Winter 2022
Fall back, Spring forward As I sit here to write about the past months I realize they have flown by in the wink of an eye. The clocks went back last weekend here in England and we are truly on our way to winter now being the beginning of November. My friends in Quebec, Canada where I lived for many years are only four hours difference instead of the usual five hours. This will change in a few weeks when their clocks 'fall back'. I am happy that I made the long awaited journey to see friends … [Read more...]
Summer 2022
Spring flowers brings forth May flowers I have been meditating on what to say first in this summer blog at my stained glass studio, I have had so many wonderful moments to celebrate in the past months. The weather is sun, wind and rain but it is so nice to have the door of the workshop open. Here in Trowbridge, Wiltshire it feels like a good place to work quite industrious and busy. It is manageable in my smaller workshop but I am expanding already ! We are surrounded by the countryside where … [Read more...]
Wintertime & Spring 2021
Challenges and Gratefulness It has been a challenging last year in many ways for us all. Hope is on the horizon so that in the next few months we should all see a better pathway as Covid 19 loosens it's grip. Stained Glass commissions continue to be designed and made here in the studio. Private commissions and also repairs to existing glazing in between other works. I have several new commissions, one in Wimbledon, London and a transom window in a fabulous Edwardian doorway which is local to … [Read more...]
Summer/Autumn in Wiltshire, England.
What a mysterious and surprising summer I have had at the studio in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. It was something of a much slower pace than I have been used to working, this was to the past months, the unrest of covid19 and it's effect on so many businesses including my own. But happy to say I have continued throughout and in the past two months I have never seen my inbox look so busy ! Wonderful people who need their doors repaired or new commissions designed and I can be of service again fully and … [Read more...]
Winter in Canada/Springtime in England 2020
The past three months have been innovative, adventurous and inspiring. I travelled to the South shore of Montreal to stay and work. This January I taught a class at Studio du Verre in the copper foil method. My class of seven students were lively and intrigued they achieved a lovely colourful panel each of approx 12'' x 9''. It was wonderful teaching in Quebec and therefore in Quebecois and English, we had fun. I am happy to say I am back in England and have an assortment of commissions and … [Read more...]
Springtime News from Angle of Light 2019
How the winter flew here at the studio on Woolley grange farm! I have completed a brand new work, a large stained glass window in memory of Laurence Glye Hodson and his wife Marjorie Elizabeth Hodson. It is for the beautiful chapel of St Peter's, Petersham, Surrey. It took around four and a half months to complete the new work and the opening night was filled with warmth and joy. It is so lovely after months of deliberating and working hard to achieve exactly the desired effects that the stained … [Read more...]
Commissons this Summer
Commissions Beavering away is the best way to describe activity this summer at the studio. The swallows in the eaves of the next door store room, chatter away all day long. When out flying their high pitch hum and song can be heard consistently in the summer air. They do inspire me as do the other birds and dogs which wander around and about to see what I am doing. It has been a busy summer so far for stained glass commissions! I have completed the 'Autumn' panel and am finishing 'Winter' of … [Read more...]
