The Blog

On a chilly - but thankfully not rainy - day recently I travelled to Wallington, near Fareham in Hampshire, to carry out a repair to a front door...

There was a steady stream of Tiffany lamp repair work for me throughout 2022 and 2023 has continued in the same manner, with lots of enquiries about...

A pair of smart mirrors in the style of the famous Scottish designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh arrived at the studio recently. Unfortunately, they...

A lady I met at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens event back in the summer subsequently brought me a stained glass window that had been removed from...

I am hugely grateful to Jane Ogden-Swift for inviting me to exhibit my stained glass pieces at the Beeches Garden Gallery in Bishops Waltham,...

Thanks to everyone who came along to the Fort Purbrook Contemporary Craft Fair in November. This event had been a long time coming, the original...

My final event of 2022 will be at The Beeches' Garden Gallery in the attractive village of Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire. I have been invited to...

I am excited to be exhibiting my stained glass at the long-established and popular Fort Purbrook Contemporary Craft Show for the first time this...

Stained glass commissions are not always big projects. For example, recently I have repaired two Tiffany style lamps for customers and designed two...

This September was my first visit to the annual Taste of Wickham event. This is a popular festival of local produce, mostly food and drink, held in...

Wickham village in Hampshire has a lively community and hosts a variety of social events through the year in its historic square. One of these is...

It is always fun to make a unique stained glass piece for a customer. Recently I was asked to make a wall plaque based on my blue heart plaque. This...

Thank you to all the lovely visitors who came along to our Hampshire Open Studios event at the end of August. I exhibited in the village of Swanmore...

Every two years, there is a big event in the contemporary glass community - the International Festival of Glass (26-29 August 2022). This is held in...

Once again, I am pleased to say that I am taking part in Hampshire Open Studios 2022. Each August, hundreds of artists and craftspeople take this...

A challenging project came in recently. I was asked to repair a stained glass lampshade with curved panels. As I don't make curved glass and only...

I am excited to announce that my stained glass rainbow has achieved international TV stardom. It is currently appearing in the new children's TV...

As you may remember, from 30 June into early July 2022 I exhibited my stained glass designs at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, near Romsey in...

So many people are still asking me to help them with Tiffany-style lamp repairs. Every month I receive fresh enquiries. When I receive the damaged...

When you have a small amount of damaged stained glass it is best if you can have it repaired in situ. The time and effort of removing the panel,...