NEW COURSE

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS

IN

STAINED GLASS

Learn to design your template, chose and cut glass to shape,

lead work, solder and finish your own unique

 and beautiful piece of work to take home with you.

£125 inclusive of all glass and materials

10.30am-4.30pm

Sunday 12th June

Call me to book a place

Does stained glass and UPVC really go?

This is the proof that indeed it does! I was recently called to a clients house who had had their original stained glass fanlights removed from their bay windows in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. They had installed UPVC windows in their place, but realised they had made a mistake in not re-using the pretty leaded panels. They asked me if I could help. It was no trouble for me to resize the panels, adding new colourful red and yellow borders. I then took the newly sized and restored panels to my glazier who fitted them into sealed double glazed units, which he then installed into the clients house. This is the beautiful result. Just goes to show old and new work incredibly well sometimes!

Listed cottage restoration project

We have just finished restoring the damaged leaded windows at a beautiful little picture postcard cottage down in Somerset. The building is Grade 2 listed, but this didn't present a problem for us as the glass can be stripped of the old leads and re-leaded with pretty much exactly the same materials as when it was first built. The whole job took around 6 weeks to complete, and the owners were  particularly pleased with the results. While the windows were out and work was being carried out on them on the bench, the owner restored, re-treated and re-painted the metal casement frames they fit into and they looked good as new!

Lightboxes

I have been thinking about an idea for nearly as long as Inspiral Glass has been running, and the last year or so has finally seen it come to fruition. After installing many beautiful panels into various client's houses, I always thought it a bit of shame to think that they may move some day, and have to leave their stunning, unique and highly personal works of art behind. So I came up with a solution: fit the panels into wooden boxes, lit from inside, that can be mounted and dis-mounted on any wall, in any house, and can move as many times as you do. Just like a picture but a lighting installation as well. Multi-purpose, gorgeous, and yours forever. Fantastic!

I can make one of these bespoke for you to a design of your choice, or alternativley, I can teach you to make your own! Contact me for more details on these beautiful stained glass lightboxes.

Next Steps for those who wish to progress further!

I also teach stained glass to the more ambitious among you. If you already have some experience in working with glass, I will take you through creating a panel of your design from the design to finishing.

At a time convenient for you. Let me know if you are interested and I will meet up with you for a design consultation. I charge these projects at £15 per hour on a pay-as-you-go basis, as everybody works at their own rate, and you just can't rush genius! This is a panel my last student made and I have installed into her home above her front door. It looks great, and she is really proud of herself as this is only her second stained glass project ever! What a star student!
This lovely lady is just starting her stained glass project, and is going to make a gift for her husband-lucky thing!

Stained Glass Beginners Courses

Are you in touch with your creative side?  Would you like to learn a new skill or start a new hobby?
Have you ever marvelled at a beautiful stained glass window and wondered how it was made? Well, I may just have the answer!! Come along to my stained glass for beginners course and discover your creative potential!

Monday Evenings from 6pm-7.30pm.

Next stained glass beginners course is starting on the 25th April, (yes I know its a bank holiday, but so are the next two mondays-whats a girl to do?!). I try to keep to 6 week courses running during term time, but Easter hols have scuppered me this time!

This is the stained glass design I will teach you to make, you can choose your own colours of glass. Its beautiful when the sun shines through the glass and casts colourful shadows in your room.
The courses are currently being run at 9 Sommerville Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 9AD.
The cost of the courses are £90, tha'ts all materials and glass included.
If you are interested, just send me an email or call me to book as places are limited.
Hope to see you there!