Dick Whittington would be sad to hear that St Michael Paternoster Royal in the City of London is up for sale. The stained glass by John Hayward is excellent and a perfect fit for the church. Go to https://t.co/xUD3hgNT9Z for more details.
Delighted to announce that today Stephen Huws joins as a contributor to the Visit Stained Glass website. His selection includes a controversial design by Edward Burne-Jones for William Butterfield for St Columba’s, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire. Read more at https://t.co/xUD3hgNlkr
Delighted to meet Douglas Hogg at yesterday’s @BSMGP Symposium with @heritage_crafts
This is a detail from the Diamond Jubilee Window in honour of HM Elizabeth II in the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, made by Douglas in 2012. See the Visit Stained Glass website. #stainedglass
Delighted to welcome Penny Hebgin-Barnes as a new contributor to the Visit Stained Glass project. Her selection includes the 15th century stained glass of the east window of the Collegiate Church of Holy Trinity, Tattershall, Lincolnshire. https://t.co/k6aQgZybm0
Delighted to announce Kirsty Hartsiotis as a new contributor to the Visit Stained Glass project. Go to https://t.co/xUD3hgNlkr to see her full selection. It includes the 1862 glazing scheme for All Saints, Selsley by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
A new theme celebrating the work of Lawrence Lee has been added to the Visit Stained Glass website. The detail is from the St Catherine (‘Holy Kate’) window in the Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst. https://t.co/jDClhO4fww
What a pleasure to see the window designed by Eduardo Paolozzi for the Resurrection Chapel of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh. See the full window on the Visit Stained Glass website at https://t.co/AdvhzWRUTk
An article on Evie Hone has just been added to the Visit Stained Glass website at https://t.co/op5DSFNbGN. The article is by Ken Ryan, who for 30 years was the managing director of Abbey Stained Glass studios in Dublin. Below is a detail from her window at St Mary’s, Downe.
Congratulations to Natasha Redina on winning the 2022 Stevens Competition Commission to create a window for the Church of All Saints, Dunsden, Oxfordshire, to celebrate the period that the wartime poet Wilfred Owen spent in the village. Full details at https://t.co/Mxk9doCKgI
Delighted to announce that Alexandra Epps has joined the team of contributors on Visit Stained Glass. She has made an excellent selection of windows from in and around the City of London, including a fine Christopher Whall window at Gray’s Inn Chapel. See https://t.co/beW6XRzkYn
All involved with the Visit Stained Glass website are devastated to learn of the passing of Iain B Galbraith. His generous contribution of time and knowledge to the website reflecting his passion for Scottish stained glass. See his selection at - https://t.co/CDFI5iqFRK
In these Covid times a special Hooray for medical science, which is celebrated in a great series of windows by Johannes Schreiter for the Medical Library of the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. For full details see the Visit Stained Glass website - https://t.co/H8WM3W1nKb
Rossetti’s Portraits at The Holburn Museum in Bath to 9 Jan is a must see exhibition. Rossetti also designed stained glass and there is a terrific example at Peterborough Cathedral, made in 1863. See the full window on the Visit Stained Glass website – https://t.co/sH88DMCpAN
Ashes woes wouldn’t have thrilled the ‘Sage of Longparish’, the great John Woodcock. More joyous is the Four Seasons window at St Nicholas, Longparish, which marks a 250 year association of the Woodcock family with the church. https://t.co/mgH90tcJl2 #stainedglass#ashes2021
After a dull rainy day a bit of sunshine! The joyful rainbow, symbol of hope, spills its glorious and mysterious colour into the church interior at St Peter’s, Bridge, Kent, in this window by Grace Ayson from 2019.
Full details at https://t.co/M9WBTljM8U #stainedglass
Celebrating traditional skills with this fabulous window dedicated to the ‘skill and dedication of all craftsmen’. Designed by Chris Fiddes and made by Nicholas Bechgaard for the Church of St Nicholas, Potterspury. See the full window at https://t.co/dF5yjaAbTe #stainedglass