Ground up glass experiments
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Amy McCarthy
Apr 11, 20121 min
My lovely love birds make excellent wedding gifts!
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Amy McCarthy
Mar 13, 20121 min
Spring Exhibition Hung and Open!
I have entered 2 pieces, Scorhill Stone Circle and Boats on the Estuary and they are hanging in the sunny atrium windows. This slideshow...
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Amy McCarthy
Mar 11, 20121 min
First finished photographic printed stained glass panel!
#experimental #seaside #BritishCoast #sea #experimenting #teasels #grasses #coastline #Branscombe #stainedglass #photographicprint...
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Amy McCarthy
Feb 2, 20122 min
I find finishing stained glass panels harder than starting them!
This slideshow requires JavaScript. This morning it was very cold in my studio, very cold indeed! It was one of those mornings when I...
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Amy McCarthy
Jan 23, 20121 min
First in a new series, inspired by my children
I am working on some new themes for this year’s work, one of which is a series of panels inspired by my children, trying to #panel...
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Amy McCarthy
Jan 1, 20121 min
A creative Christmas break
The festive season really started for us when we had a Winter Solstice celebration with friends whilst watching the sunset over Budleigh...
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Amy McCarthy
Nov 15, 20111 min
Art in the Moor
#art #creativity #DevonArtistNetwork #AmyMccarthy #Duchy #shopping #artist #daysoutinDevon #stainedglass #Exhibition #Christmas #Devon...
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Amy McCarthy
Oct 3, 20111 min
3 different endings, all starting with the sea
Oh dear, I totally gave up on my blog a day! whoops. But that is because I have been double busy the last few weeks. Open Studios ended...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 16, 20111 min
Cementing and experimenting
I had 5 visitors today, a mixture of fellow artists, local people and a friend from round the corner, very civilised! Still 2 days left...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 15, 20111 min
Another day, another open studio!
I have also completely cemented my mermaid panel and I will clean that up in the morning……more on that tomorrow. So now I am off to back...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 14, 20111 min
Not quite managed a post a day!
Whoops! A broken camera stood between me and Sunday’s Open Studios blog post, no point in a post without a pic! Anyway, Sunday was a very...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 10, 20111 min
Open Studios Day 6:Bubbly and nibbles!
I managed to get my raindrops sculpture up in the garden this morning and spent the day threading the raindrops back on whilst chatting...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 9, 20111 min
Open Studios day 5
I then went on to cut 4 small Winter Village scenes, ready to be painted soon and tried to repair a beautiful teasel panel I have We had...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 8, 20111 min
Open Studios Day 4
Day 4, second blog post, wonky I know! Anyway yesterday I blogged about how I had cut all the glass for the mermaid window, today I have...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 7, 20111 min
A Warm Open Studios Welcome!
Open Studios is in full swing! In the 3 days we have been open to the public we have had 20 visitors, which I am pretty pleased with! So,...
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Amy McCarthy
Jul 17, 20111 min
Trees, fields and grasses in glass!
I was struck by the history of the house and I wanted this to be reflected in the windows;Newton St Cyres has a wonderful arboretum with...
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Amy McCarthy
Jul 13, 20111 min
A special commemorative piece
The brief was to incorporate the children’s names and the motifs of tear drops and butterflies. The clients chose the glass and we tried...
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Amy McCarthy
Jun 23, 20112 min
How much longer does it take to make a stained glass window?
Whoops, I totally forgot I had started blogging about this! So here is part 2, but I must confess, I finished this panel Sunday (I...
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Amy McCarthy
Jun 11, 20111 min
How long does it take to make a stained glass window?
I am always being asked how long my work takes to make, so I thought I would document the process on a straight forward piece, a front...
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