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
Mar 10, 20151 min
Stained Glass Fish Window for a Bathroom
#lead #purple #traditionaltechnques #stainedglasspanel #sea #shoal #AmyMccarthy #httpfolksycomshopsamyorangejuice #blue #underwater...
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Amy McCarthy
Jun 22, 20141 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
Oct 21, 20121 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 13, 20121 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
Jul 25, 20121 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
Apr 11, 20121 min
My lovely love birds make excellent wedding gifts!
This slideshow requires JavaScript. #BirdCage #personalisedweddinggift #art #paint #lead #affordablegifts #vintageinspired #birds...
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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
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
Aug 21, 20111 min
Home improvements, home coming and a new project for Open Studios
My family and I escaped the long over due building work on our house last week and travelled to Norfolk to meet my new niece for the...
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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 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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Amy McCarthy
May 24, 20111 min
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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Amy McCarthy
May 1, 20111 min
Fishy sky lights
I have just got back from installing 2 sky light panels to a wonderful apartment over looking the sea in Sidmouth . My client’s led them...
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Amy McCarthy
Mar 17, 20112 min
Near disaster, a big finish and a small award
Today was my scheduled day to finish a large panel I have been working on for (all stages of it being made and details are on previous...
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