UK STAINED GLASS NEWS August 2007
INTERESTING STAINED GLASS
(We have seen or heard about)
Three specially commissioned stained glass windows are to be found at
Bede's World, South Tyneside.
The three windows are modern works of art inspired by the Golden Age of Northumbria. They celebrate Bede and the twin monastery of St Peter and St Paul's, Wearmouth-Jarrow, in which he lived and worked. The middle window (part shown, right) shows Bede, writing. All three windows draw inspiration from artefacts from Northumbria's Golden Age.
Stained glass artist Paul Georgiou said: "I was inspired by the brilliance of Bede - his mind was so far ahead of his time. I gathered a unique collection of old stained glass to put into these windows, and in some cases I painted the same pieces three or four times to get the designs exactly right."
Click on the picture for a good view of the full window.
From PRAGUE in the CZECH REPUBLIC, SALMON ART GLASS
Exclusive and unique glass portraits, made in the town of a thousand spires, Prague. Unfortunately, the web site has disappeared so we have no link to it.
Left here as this artist's work is amazing.
New to Southend,'Favriles' is a stained glass
studio offering contemporary art in the form of stunning leaded panels, tiffany work, acid etching
and hot glass work incorporating unique contemporary wall art.
The Scream is featured on this page because it is a clever interpretation using simple glass techniques.
Glass With Attitude
We do not normally feature hot glass on this web site, but were absolutely stunned by this superb modern "bowl" on the "Glass with Attitude" web site.
Loonyscrapper
One of the cleverer uses of scrap glass we have seen for a while. By Judy of Stained Glass by Judy, Minneapolis. I think this is the best off her site, but there is a lot going on there.
JUJO
: previously our web site of the month
This is an absolutely amazing Japanese site. The link takes you to the artists' page. Click on their photos to see their stained glass work. Stunning!
We ran a competition a few years ago and this was one of the winning entries.
By Lynette Forrester, its an interior window inspired by tropical rain forest forms.
Tony Banfield's interpretation in stained glass of a portrait of Matisse (By Derain), 1993.
Dimensions 65cm x 45cm x 0.5cm
materials: antique glass, lead, copper
processes used: glazed, leaded, patinated
Description
Based on Derain's portrait of Matisse. Part of ongoing experiments in "painterly" style. Attempts to depict faces using only unpainted coloured glass. As in "Campion" portrait, this also "reads" without backlighting as an opalescent glass mosaic, although light dramatically changes colours!
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