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Stained Glass Fish Window for a Bathroom
#lead #purple #traditionaltechnques #stainedglasspanel #sea #shoal #AmyMccarthy #httpfolksycomshopsamyorangejuice #blue #underwater...
Amy McCarthy
Mar 10, 20151 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Apr 25, 20144 min read
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The Hare and The Moon
Leaded round panel with a hare and moon painted in kiln fired glass paints and lustre. Inspired by the Indian folk tale of the same name...
Amy McCarthy
Mar 14, 20141 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Oct 21, 20121 min read
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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,...
Amy McCarthy
Sep 20, 20122 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Sep 14, 20121 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Sep 13, 20121 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Sep 2, 20121 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Jul 25, 20121 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Jul 14, 20122 min read
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Ground up glass experiments
This slideshow requires JavaScript. #makingmaterials #contemporaryglassart #paintingwithglass #recycledart #environmentalart #Exeter...
Amy McCarthy
Apr 25, 20121 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Feb 2, 20122 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Jan 23, 20121 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Sep 15, 20111 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Sep 14, 20111 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Sep 10, 20111 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Sep 9, 20111 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Sep 8, 20111 min read
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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,...
Amy McCarthy
Sep 7, 20111 min read
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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...
Amy McCarthy
Jul 17, 20111 min read
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