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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 23, 20121 min read
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 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
Sep 2, 20121 min read
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
Aug 11, 20121 min read
An awful lot of wishes
Literally hundreds of wishes have been tied to my tree, at least 4 pairs of curtains, an old double duvet cover and goodness knows what...
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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
Jul 23, 20121 min read
Beautiful day for installing a wishing tree!
The idea behind the tree came from a real tree I saw whilst on honeymoon in Cyprus that was festooned with ribbons, rags, trinkets and...
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Amy McCarthy
Jul 19, 20121 min read
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, 20122 min read
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, 20121 min read
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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Amy McCarthy
Apr 25, 20121 min read
Ground up glass experiments
This slideshow requires JavaScript. #makingmaterials #contemporaryglassart #paintingwithglass #recycledart #environmentalart #Exeter...
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Amy McCarthy
Apr 11, 20121 min read
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
Mar 19, 20121 min read
A new glass design! But how to sell it?
This slideshow requires JavaScript. #name #folk #personalised #gift #folkstyle #weddingpresent #lady #woman #personalisedname #childsname...
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Amy McCarthy
Mar 13, 20121 min read
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 read
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 20, 20121 min read
Lots of new glass designs and ideas
There are new panels on my website, new Dartmoor panels yet to be shown to the world (I am waiting for frames) and I am desperate to...
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Amy McCarthy
Feb 6, 20121 min read
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Amy McCarthy
Feb 6, 20121 min read
Downs and Ups in my glass adventures
Its been a strange few days in the world of my work. Friday I had to cancel my Easter exhibition I had been planning at the Duchy Centre...
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