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
Jun 22, 20141 min read
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, 20144 min read
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
Oct 21, 20121 min read
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 20, 20122 min read
Finished pieces, new commissions and small rewards
My acid etched Islamic inspired panel is leaded up and waiting to be cemented and I have cut the glass for a new fish geometric panel,...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 14, 20121 min read
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, 20121 min read
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
Jul 25, 20121 min read
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
Jan 23, 20121 min read
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
Nov 28, 20111 min read
The amyorangejuice machine is in full swing!
The machine being me, in my studio till all hours at the moment! But its all very exciting, I have a whole load of events going on at the...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 16, 20111 min read
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 read
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 read
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 9, 20111 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 11, 20111 min read
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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Amy McCarthy
May 24, 20111 min read
Packaging up some exclusive designs for a new Scottish Gallery.
For several months now I have been working on some exclusive designs for a new gallery opening in Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland called...
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