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How do you deal with gloom? Whether it is the nights drawing in or the agonising news from around the world or the pile of saucepans that won't clean themselves? For me the antidote is the radiant coloured light that is unique to stained glass. This week I have...

How endangered is stained glass? Personally, I have never been so busy, but is that because my work is getting better (which it is) or because there are less people offering what I can do? The old guard are getting, well, old (obviously I don't count myself in that...

I have been wondering why people are so generous towards me and keep giving me things. Not just their time and knowledge, but their old materials, tools and glass. It is true that I find it hard to say ‘no’ to people. One lady brought round boxes of coloured glass that I couldn’t use…

When you are feeling endangered what do you do? Look to the past? Look to the future? Focus on the present? I have been been doing all of those since the skills needed to make traditional stained glass windows have been officially added to the Red List of Endangered...

As an artist I can set my own timetable and I like deadlines that are a moveable target to aim for. But some are static, like the start of the Open Studios, which is published in thousands of brochures that are distributed across Surrey. I actually love seeing my work...

With Easter upon us the studio has been busy with students making more beautiful work. Before the workshop one student declared herself 'useless at art', while the other is a leading costume artist working in the West End. They had both been given a gift voucher and...