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A good thing about stained glass is that it is weatherproof, so can be used outside, with a suitable supporting structure. Stained glass looks...

Alongside all the Tiffany-style lamp repairs I tackle for customers, I also make new Tiffany lamps to commission. One recent project was to be a...

Tiffany lamp repairs range from the straightforward to the complex - and often they are the more complex variety. However, recently I had two shades...

It is funny how trends come and go and then come around again. When I started learning traditional stained glass techniques (over 30 years ago!) one...

A very enjoyable commission was to make a set of eight bespoke stained glass panels for a stylish new home in Ampfield, Hampshire. This house had a...

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...