Sample Panels for Larger commissions
Monarch Butterfly in an Orange Tree
Inspired, as always by nature but also by Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, Flight Behaviour, I made this panel, monarch butterfly in an orange tree. As usual, I used antique mouthblown glass, grisaille glass paint and enamels, joined using the traditional method with lead and solder. I used a medieval style of smear shading instead of using mattes to add shading – something I will do more of in the future! 30X30cm.
Horse Chestnut
I designed this panel depicting horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) leaves and conkers as a stand alone piece which would also function as a sample panel to show the possibility for a larger window or screen. Inspired by some nineteenth-century foliage glass in Barcelona, I used layers of grisaille and enamels on striated antique glass to give the panel life, movement and a three-dimensional quality. 30X30cm.
Chicken Wire trellis
This panel was made to take part in the BSMGP’s “Inspired by Morris” exhibition in 2024. I was inspired to use chicken wire and the climbing evergreen Akebia Quinata to reflect the evolution of materials and aesthetics in stained glass. The currently-popular, resilient, adaptable Akebia respects Morris's organic forms, while industrial chicken wire underscores the blend of past and present, beauty and functionality—honouring Morris's legacy while embracing modernisation. Mid-blue antique glass, grisaille, enamels, 30x30cm.
Altenburg
Having fallen in love with the thirteenth-century ornamental grisaille glass of Altenburg Abbey in Germany in 2016, I made this panel as part of a series to show some of the possibilities of foliage in a variety of styles in stained glass. I love the way this panel shows the different effects of using various techniques to obscure the passage of light through glass (the cross-hatching behind the leaves, the light matte behind the leaf top-left, and the thick matte in the border with circles scratched out).
Ferns
One of my favourite pieces of all time, I made this with the help of Grace Ayson as I began my journey with acid etching. I love the modern, fresh and juicy effect of this glass.
I am the Storm
This is my exemplar panel which is a portion of my window designed for the Steven’s Competition 2019, in which I won Commended for my design and construction.
Running Hare
I used antique reamy glass for this panel- i wanted to avoid the ‘outline of lead’ around each different plant and animal when there is a change of colour. I opted for a different style of panel where I used the copper foil lines for adding movement and I used enamels to add colour to the glass.
