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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...
Amy McCarthy
Jul 13, 20111 min read
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...
Amy McCarthy
Jun 23, 20112 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...
Amy McCarthy
Jun 11, 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...
Amy McCarthy
May 24, 20111 min read


Fanfare please…..my new studio unvailed!
Bless my folks (there they are sitting down) who have spent the last fortnight The extra space means I have a dedicated drawing area...
Amy McCarthy
May 13, 20111 min read


Empty paint pot appeal!
TRAIL (Teignmouth Recycled ART In Landscape), which runs over the summer holidays from Shaldon to Dawlish. The exhibition is wonderfully...
Amy McCarthy
May 9, 20112 min read


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...
Amy McCarthy
May 1, 20111 min read


Back from the North
For the last week my family and I have been on an epic road trip to Scotland and back (believe me it is an epic trip when your kids are 2...
Amy McCarthy
Apr 26, 20111 min read
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...
Amy McCarthy
Mar 17, 20112 min read


Going down Memory Lane
They were very pleased with it and said, “….it looks fabulous! Hopefully mum will be over the moon…Thanks everso much for doing this, its...
Amy McCarthy
Mar 10, 20111 min read
Getting stuck into something big!
Way back in Autumn 2010 I started discussing a large window commission to be fitted into a double glazed unit for a family in...
Amy McCarthy
Mar 4, 20112 min read


back in one piece, modelled by my faithful assistant!
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Amy McCarthy
Feb 25, 20111 min read
A very English Mermaid
I have just finished a front door transom light for a lovely family in Exmouth. They have been renovating their Victorian terrace and my...
Amy McCarthy
Jan 31, 20111 min read


Rip it up and start again
Taking a window apart is a dangerous activity, old windows used all sorts of nasty compounds and chemicals in the cement and lead starts...
Amy McCarthy
Jan 20, 20111 min read


Making, making, making!
But I have managed to make a new shoal of acid etched fish, they few off my craft stall in the run up to Christmas and I am listing some...
Amy McCarthy
Jan 12, 20111 min read


A big feature in a lovely glossy magazine!
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Amy McCarthy
Jan 8, 20111 min read


A Moorland Scene for a Peak District Home
I was contacted recently by a customer on Folksy who wished me to adapt a previous Dartmoor design she l First of all I cut the glass...
Amy McCarthy
Jan 3, 20111 min read


Lotus Panel Tryptic
The design brief was to create lotus flower panels to fit with the colour scheme of the new kitchen and I have used light grey and green...
Amy McCarthy
Dec 31, 20101 min read
Mosaic workshop
I had a great night last night teaching a stained glass mosaic workshop at Otterton Mill. Everyone seemed to embrace my way of working...
Amy McCarthy
Nov 17, 20101 min read
Another finished window!
A lovely couple from near Hereford came to pick up their finished panel today, they were on holiday in Devon for the weekend, so I had to...
Amy McCarthy
Oct 25, 20102 min read
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