UK STAINED GLASS NEWS March 2008
AUSTRALIAN STAINED GLASS
ADELAIDE (Glenelg East): ADELAIDE ARTISTIC GLASS
For over twenty-eight years, European trained glass artist Frans Kat has been working in stained glass for residential, commercial and architectural settings. These windows include highly specialised techniques of kiln-fired glass painting and staining. He has also been involved in a number of South Australia’s major church window restoration projects as well as creating significant new church windows in South Australia and New South Wales.
BRISBANE: LEADLIGHT CRAFTSMAN (Julian Podmore)
Julian trained at Youngs Stained Glass, Newport, Wales in 1987-1992. He emigrated to Australia in 1996. and set up his own studio 1998.
Full range of windows from massive ecclesiastical stunners, to beautiful specials such as this shown here, and also the plain and simple.
This web site is well worth a visit.
NEW SOUTH WALES, BOWRAL:
Robin Seville Glass Design
Robin has many examples on the web site exhibiting her use of lead work, firing, slumping etc. There are religious,domestic,commercial and exhibition works.
QUEENSLAND: TIFFGLAZE STUDIOS
Tiffglaze's site is new. Jason Keable is designing stained glass windows with Australian Trees (in the main) as his inspiration. We have shown a small part of his Humming Bird window here. He uses mostly plain, clear glass for the backgrounds. Methods used are both copper foil and lead came.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ADELAIDE: GLASS ART CEDAR PREST
This designer wants to make the work relevant to the Australian lifestyle and heritage, and pushes the limits of the craft into new and imaginative areas.
She has an absolutely stunning window in the North Sydney Shopping World (can be seen on her web site)
VICTORIA
MMELBOURNE: GEOFFREY WALLACE STAINED GLASS
We have completed some of Australia’s largest and most complex stained glass conservation projects. We also continue to create new stained glass windows in the traditional manner, mostly for churches, and our extensive experience ensures an efficient, friendly and high level of service to our clients.
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