268 Poppies
268 poppies These poppies are made from wire and tissue paper, with a painted centre and they are hung round The Great Anchor (between...
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Amy McCarthy
- Apr 30, 2015
- 1 min
A Dartmoor Scene
Just finished this little Dartmoor clapper bridge scene, for a house in a little village on the Moor. yet again my work is destined for a...
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Amy McCarthy
- Oct 15, 2014
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Permanent sunshine
I just fitted this panel into a new garden room in a 1970’s house in Dawlish, so now they can have sunshine however dull and rainy it is...
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Amy McCarthy
- Aug 5, 2014
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A Toast to the Hosts!
This week I am enjoying the hospitality of Adele and Mike Yates, in their wonderful historic home ‘Mallards’. Their son Ben Yates has his...
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Amy McCarthy
- Aug 3, 2014
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Small Town Vandals wont spoil our show!
Several of the sculptures in our TRAIL were vandalised last night, I think it is the first time we have really been affected in this way!...
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Amy McCarthy
- Jul 26, 2014
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Checking on the sculptues
It’s summer on the South Devon coast and the 10th year of TRAIL (Teignmouth recycled art in landscape). I enter every year and this year...
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Amy McCarthy
- Jun 25, 2014
- 1 min
Art in the Sun
Very much looking forward to this exhibition/sculpture garden celebrating summer in the Devon Countryside! Its a kid friendly, laid back...
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Amy McCarthy
- Jun 22, 2014
- 1 min
Aloha Teignmouth!
The outside world keeps on turning and Gloss Gallery summer show is already up and running, which I am pleased to be part of and as the...
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Amy McCarthy
- Apr 25, 2014
- 4 min
Exeter Community Centre Multi-Sensory Window Commission
This slideshow requires JavaScript. A y Exeter Community Centre on St David’s Hill, Exeter. Below is the full explanation of what on...
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Amy McCarthy
- Sep 6, 2013
- 2 min
The big reveal!
I picked the tree trunk up in 3 and 6 inch cross sections, with quite a lot of wild life attached and I must confess it was a bit...
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Amy McCarthy
- Apr 22, 2013
- 1 min
Fused Nautilus Bathroom window
The design brief was simple: bright, jewel like colours, based on a Nautilus/spiral design and to obscure the existing patterned sealed...
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Amy McCarthy
- Oct 21, 2012
- 1 min
Mezzanine Mountain Window
The panel gets lots of natural and artificial light at different times of day/night and will hopefully be dramatic in a totally different...
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Amy McCarthy
- Sep 23, 2012
- 1 min
Open Studios ends with a deluge of rain!
My studio can go back to being my own private little space again now for another year! Thanks for everyone who helped me advertise my...
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Amy McCarthy
- Sep 14, 2012
- 1 min
experimenting with recycled glass frit
There is still lots of time to come and visit me at Open Studios, please click here for dates and times. This slideshow requires...
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Amy McCarthy
- Sep 13, 2012
- 1 min
Cementing and Soldering Stained Glass
Open studios rumbles along and I have spent my day cementing and soldering. My acid etched panel is coming on nicely, the patterns have...
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Amy McCarthy
- Sep 2, 2012
- 1 min
My tree has turned into a monster, but you can still add your wishes to it!
Anyway, it really doesn’t look like a tree any more; more like a Fraggle Rock monster! But it is now safely erected in my garden, wishes...
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Amy McCarthy
- Jul 25, 2012
- 1 min
Stained Glass Window for a Green House
birthday present stained glass panel Not just any green house a lovely wooden bespoke Grow House for the surprise Birthday present of the...
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Amy McCarthy
- Jul 19, 2012
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Little me in a lovely big exhibition!
I dived into the private view of Gloss Gallery’s new exhibition Coast and Country as I am exhibiting with them! It was heaving with...
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Amy McCarthy
- Jul 14, 2012
- 2 min
2 months is a long time in blog land!
Some of it has been taken up with joining the writing team at UKHandmade where I am now writing the craft profiles section, which is...
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Amy McCarthy
- May 4, 2012
- 1 min
New experiments: stained glass and kiln fired photo transfers
OrganicARTS Open Studios Art Trail in September and I am hoping to do some collaborative photographic/glass designs with local...
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