16Bits of Glass

M Barnes and C Harrop
Making stained glass in the UK
Bringing you hot glass straight off the table. Message us for commissions!

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Hope everyone's finally got to somewhere warm and cosy and relatively stress free!
Christian here with my favourite pieces of 2021.
I'm genuinely very proud of the things I've made this year.
Thanks to everyone who's supported us with a purchase, commission, share or kind word.

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We can't believe our glass is in Four Souls Requiem thank you so much @edmundmcmillen for doing this! We can't wait to find the card again while playing. Hope you liked the glass we sent you!

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@TheVGResource @didyouknowgamin Stained glass logo ;)

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Tomorrow is your last chance to order some glass in time for Christmas, as decoration, gift or "other".
We can't explicitly say what else you'd use one of our stained glass pieces for but here are some emojis to inspire: 💆☎️🌬️🙏🫅🦖🚨🚀🎨🎥🕯️🚦🧢⚔️🕣🏁

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@TylerGlaiel Yakuza 0

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@BBCWilliamWho Hope disney plus funds some more animations

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Christian is forever keen to make more eldensoulsborne glass and as always we're very much open for commissions!

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This week we had to pass on the Elden Ring to another. The Erdtree has been displaced and sent across the lands between...via royal mail.
It's always bittersweet to part with glass we're very proud of, but generally just proud that people like what we make enough to buy it!

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Here's a throwback to a great commission of the north Norfolk coastline! Honestly this county sure has some fantastic beaches.
Hope everyone's finding time this summer to go out and enjoy the weather wherever you are.

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Back onto our week of learning new skills. Whilst Christian was creaing a fully leaded window. Matt worked with 3D creations using glass, so here be his finished piece of a candleholder. Was so good and it give us some great ideas for the future

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This week we had a small lesson with the lovely glassmaker who runs Coastal Stained Glass in Wroxham Barns. He showed us a few key things that we hadn't quite been able to do ourselves yet. Christian successfully made a small, fully-leaded window panel!

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Pulling the vibe right back to cooler October days,
A pleasure to be asked to make another Enoch!
We always love remaking old pieces, give us a message if you had any glass in mind

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@liltinyhaus had a big important birthday this week and in honour of her incredible creations (and lovely friendship) Christian made her a lil tiny glass piece of a lil tiny haus.
If you haven't seen her work already, we can't recommend it any more, what she does is masterclass.

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Icy glass from outer space...
We've had a bit of a nightmare getting hold of materials this last week so fresh glass making has been put on hold a little.
For now here's a better look at our homage to John Carpenter's The Thing which turned 40 very recently!

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In honour of the 40th birthday of The Thing

We can't wait to eventually have a kiln available so that we can do some more professional paintjobs, but for the meantime, here's a fleshy goopy mess of reds and blacks to portray a fleshy and goopy...Thing
#Thething #JohnCarpenter

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Quite a few new design attempts here, although the wirework isn't the level of detail that I was aiming for, it really has made us pumped to get glass painting soon. Alas, kilns must be sought.

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Valefor in glass!
I remember being so unbelievably excited to have Yuna summon Valefor for almost every major fight in final fantasy X, such an awesome design for an aeon. That strange exo-ribby dragon.

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We have some fairs lined up and it's not easy to show off a huge amount of stained glass from a stall table, so Christian's making a portfolio again for the first time since his degree. Its definitely nostalgic.

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Nausicaa and the lake of acid.
Alongside a nice balance of happy and furious Omhu for good measure. Nausicaa has been my absolute favourite Ghibli for a long time and when I got around to read the books it cemented itself right in there.

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There's something about seeing a lonely figure looking out at a beautiful vista.
It's been quite a common theme in our glass, now that Elden Ring is finally out there's a big reminder why that is such a beautiful concept. Let us know what you think we should put into glass next!

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So excited to see these!!

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Just approving the final requiem test sheets to start printing!