Contemporary stained glass from the studio of Amy McCarthy
This large stained glass window has left for its new home today; it is an internal window between two rooms and has added a great feature to their renovation. The iridescent clear glass allows lots of light to flood into the other room and allowed me to use strong rich red, green and blue glass without compromising the light. Continue reading “Internal window with the wow factor: floral stained glass window”
This commission is destined for an internal window of a house overlooking Hay Tor on Dartmoor. It has lots of painted details, including a special gate, poppies and some of the ubiquitous Dartmoor ponies too! Continue reading “Rural Dartmoor, stained glass window”
I have had two lettering commissions in quick succession in the last few weeks. Continue reading “Panels with lettering”
This long, horizontal window is going into an internal window in a family house (currently being renovated) in the South Hams between the kitchen and living space. Continue reading “South Hams/Burgh Island commission”
A few weeks ago I was invited into my children’s primary school TCS Mill Lane Primary School for an art ‘treat’ day. Continue reading “Ten Murals in One Day”
I have been working away on this cabinet of curiosity for Exeter Library, as part of Art Week Exeter. Exeter Library has a a fantastic collection of early and rare books and they have a new scheme to get people to adopt a book from the collection to pay for the restoration of these ancient books. Continue reading “Fragile Knowledge, Exeter Library Rare Book Commission for Art Week Exeter”
It’s hard to know where to start explaining this artwork, its by far the most personal thing I have produced. Continue reading “A World Without”
In the last few months I have been working with 180 Year 7 pupils at Teignmouth Community School to create a new World War One War Memorial as part of Devon Remembers, commemorating the centenary of The Great War. Continue reading “Devon Remembers World War One War Memorial”
My latest commission, a fishy window for a converted pub in the Cotswolds, this is in an internal door. The fish are acid etched into spectrum water glass, which, as the name suggests is perfect for representing water. Continue reading “Fishy window – stained glass and acid etched door panel”
Went to install my new panel in the woods at the 
annual sculpture trail at High Heathercombe Centre
EDGE is an outdoor sculpture trail on Dartmoor and is set in a woodland with a stream running through. The theme this year is Renewal.
I haven’t tried to hang a stained glass window in the woods before and I really like how it looks suspended in the trees. Stained glass is usually in such solid stone and brick built openings and its quite different looking at it just suspended in the air. 
The panel mixes fused glass and traditional stained glass painting and leading. Its in a very sturdy
y frame, so lets hope it survives the Dartmoor Weather! Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast this week, so fingers crossed.
I don’t usually add text
to my own work, but I have written a little bit of text that goes around the edge. No idea where this new found poetic streak has come from!
The panel is called Woodland Education and the words say
Gazing up, at the lacework sky of leaves,
‘Is that all?’, she sighed.
‘Oh no’, hushed the trees in wolfish reply.
‘You Can Always Try Again’.