Spring Webinar - Artistic Perspectives: Transforming Surfaces
🕰️ Thursday 28th May, 6.30pm GMT
🎟️ £4.25 members (£5 full price)
🖇️ Link in bio to book
Fellow artists and enthusiasts, please join us for another exciting online event ‘Artistic Perspectives: Transforming Surfaces’. The webinar will showcase Brain Waugh (@briancobweb ) and Mark Angus, two stained glass artists that exhibit both unique styles and painting aesthetics.
Brian Waugh, based in Scotland is known for his mythological and fantastical narratives, tonal poetic figures, dreamy colour-palette and nature based compositions. In contrast, Mark Angus, based in Austria, is known for his energetic and saturated colour-palette, expressive figures in dynamic and abstracted compositions. Among other surface treatments, both artists have extensive experience acid etching and painting stained glass. Explore their personal approach and relationship when combining these techniques, their evolving narratives and artistic processes. Take the opportunity to engage and make inquiries of your own during the post-lecture Q&A.
Julia Gonyou (@julia.gonyou.glass )will introduce the speakers and chair the Q&A session. Organised by the Artists Working Group, this event is in continuation from our previous ‘Artistic Perspectives on Glass Painting’, ‘Artistic Perspectives on Colour in Stained Glass’ & ‘Artistic Perspectives on Environmentalism in Stained Glass’ webinars. All proceeds will go to the group’s upcoming educational & professional initiatives.
The Zoom event is on Thursday 28 May at 6.30pm GMT. Members pay only £4.25 (£5.00 full price). Join us for an insight into the art and creativity of two inspiring contemporary artists.
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Summer Lecture: Divine Light; the Stained Glass of England’s Cathedrals.
Join us in the beautiful surroundings of the Art Workers Guild for an evening lecture by Janet Gough on the stained glass of England’s Cathedrals. (Please note: this is an IN-PERSON lecture.)
Author, architectural historian and heritage campaigner, Janet Gough will give a richly illustrated journey through 900 years of exceptional stained glass in England’s cathedrals.
Drawing on superb imagery, this 50-minute lecture explores what is arguably one of England’s least-known great art collections: the stained glass, still in situ, across the 42 cathedrals of the Church of England, together with the Royal Peculiars, Westminster Abbey and St George’s Chapel. Asking each cathedral to nominate a single representative window revealed an extraordinary “national collection” spanning nearly 900 years. Beginning with the remarkable windows created at Canterbury Cathedral in the aftermath of the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170, Janet traces the story of cathedral glass from the Middle Ages to the present day: survival and loss at the Reformation and Enlightenment; the explosion of creativity in the Gothic Revival; the contribution of the Pre-Raphaelites and Arts and Crafts movement; and the innovative, thought-provoking stained glass being commissioned.
Janet Gough OBE served for eight years as the Church of England’s Director of Church Buildings, and as Secretary to the Church Buildings Council and the Cathedrals Fabric Commission. She lectures widely on ecclesiastical heritage and is the author of four illustrated books on England’s cathedrals and church buildings. She was appointed OBE in 2017 for services to heritage, and in 2024 advised Royal Mail on its Christmas stamp issue featuring five UK cathedrals.
The lecture accompanies Janet’s latest book: Divine Light: The Stained Glass of England’s Cathedrals,
Join us for this IN-PERSON lecture with dinner option available. See link in bio for more details.
With just under two weeks to go until our Spring Webinar - Artistic Perspectives: Transforming Surfaces, we’re excited to introduce our first speaker, Mark Angus!
🕰️ Thursday 28th May, 6.30pm GMT
🎟️ £4.25 members (£5 full price)
🖇️ Link in bio to book
‘I studied architectural stained glass at Swansea School of Art between1976 and 1978, and upon leaving established my first studio in Bath with the help of a Crafts Council setting up grant. A traveling scholarship awarded by the Worshipful Company of Glaziers allowed me to spend time viewing post war German stained glass and meeting many great artists who’s work I knew only from illustrations. That, and awards from South West Arts, gave me the confidence in those early years.
My intention, my dream, was to work on church commissions, and over the following years I have designed and made a very large number of church windows, in the UK and Germany, a few of which I will show in the web talk.
My focus on stained glass for churches set me apart from many of my contemporaries who looked for secular work. But it gives me great pleasure to work with communities of people, and to be part of a process of transforming public spaces.
Meaning and awe are certainly the two, slightly apposing, key objectives that I have always kept in mind. My work always looks for a narrative, and over the years has perhaps become more figurative. Of course whole schemes, such as those at Oundel school chapel, and the catholic churches at Spinkhill and Raheen, are very satisfying because they create a more holistic environment.
When I was sixty-five I decided to make a substantial scheme of work for myself, and for exhibition. This had the title “80 Capriccios and the Turbulences of the Self”! These works deliberately took my technical knowledge to the limit, and will form the second part of my talk together with other more recent autonomous panels.’
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The stained glass community has until 24 May to respond to a consultation on safe working levels of lead. See the survey link in our bio.
We need your help to safeguard the future of stained glass and we are asking you to fill in the online questionnaire from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). We need as many responses as possible so that HSE treat us fairly and are aware of any unintended consequences of the proposals.
The HSE has launched a consultation to review the current laws around working safely with lead. We welcome the review as health and safety is important to us all. However, the current proposals would reduce permitted blood lead levels by up to 80% within less than four years. We believe that in many cases this will be unachievable, even with best-practice health and safety measures in place.
At a time when traditional stained glass window making for historic buildings is on the Red List of Endangered Crafts due to lack of education and commission opportunities, and rising costs of materials, the proposals could be catastrophic. Studios could be forced to close because they won’t have skilled workers. This means that windows in our historic buildings will not receive the attention they require.
We have been advised that having a large number of responses to the HSE consultation questionnaire from a wide range of people will help our case. You can fill it in as a ‘member of the public’ even if you don’t work with lead. Please encourage others who care about stained glass to respond.
The new measures will apply to everyone who works with lead, not just stained glass artists and conservators. Please add your voice so that our future is sustainable.
The stained glass community only has until 24 May to respond to the HSE consultation on safe working levels of lead, and the outcome could have serious consequences for our craft.
While we welcome the review as health and safety is important to us all, the proposed changes could reduce permitted blood lead levels by up to 80% in less than four years. Many studios fear these limits may be unworkable, even with best-practice safety measures in place.
At a time when traditional stained glass window making for historic buildings is on the Red List of Endangered Crafts due to lack of education and commission opportunities, ageing practitioners and rising costs of materials, the proposals could be catastrophic.
We urgently need as many responses as possible, from artists, conservators, supporters, and members of the public. Every voice matters.
We’ve linked the full information, consultation details, guidance video, and MP letter template from the BSMGP website in our bio.
Please take the time to respond and share widely. Help safeguard the future of stained glass.
#stainedglass #craftconservation #heritagecrafts #saveourcrafts #historicpreservation
New Webinar: Contemporary Stained Glass
Join us for an insight into the art and creativity of two inspiring contemporary artists. Discussion Day speakers, James Cockerill and Tamsin Abbott are generously joining us for an online webinar for all those who weren’t able to attend the in-person event. @tamsintheshed@haltglass
James Cockerill founded Halt Glass, specialising in screen-printing and sandblasting mouth-blown antique glass using traditional paints, stains, and transparent vitreous enamels. James is committed to decarbonising his stained glass practice, demonstrating how environmental consciousness and technical excellence can work hand in hand. He has developed innovative processes that he enjoys sharing with students both here and abroad.
Tamsin Abbott has been creating stained glass panels from her timber-framed workshop in her Herefordshire garden for almost 25 years. Her work is inspired by the British countryside, not just its beauty and drama but also the invisible tapestry of myth and magic which is interwoven with the landscape. Tamsin delicately engraves, sgraffito-paints and freely paints her designs on carefully selected mouth-blown glass. She recently collaborated with Jackie Morris to create a book ‘Wild Folk’, vibrantly illustrated with a collection of her stained glass art.
We are delighted to welcome them back for the online webinar.
The Zoom event is on Wednesday 29 April at 7pm GMT. Members pay only £4.25 (£5.00 full price). Ticket link in bio.
We are thrilled to announce that nominations are now OPEN for the inaugural Emerging Stained Glass Maker of the Year Award supported by the British Society of Master Glass Painters @bsmgp . This award shines a spotlight on the next generation of talent pioneering this luminous heritage craft. 🎨🌈
✨ Who are we looking for?
This award celebrates an early-career heritage craftsperson (in the first five years of their professional practice) who has made an outstanding start to their stained glass career. We want to celebrate someone who is not only highly skilled but is also raising the profile of stained glass through sharing their passion and artistry. This includes practitioners in:
• Stained glass window making
• Traditional glass painting
• Stained glass conservation and repair
🏆 The Prize
The winner will receive a £1,000 cash prize and will be celebrated at a high-profile Winners’ Reception in November 2026. Plus, we are also running similar awards in crafts, such as building crafts and metalwork, with additional prizes of £1,000 provided by SPAB, Lucy and Laurence Butcher and others.
📅 Deadline: Friday 21 August 2026 (at 5pm)
➡️ Nominate someone (or yourself) today via the linktr.ee in our bio or directly at .uk/our-awards/emerging-stained-glass-maker-of-the-year-award/.
📷 2025 bursary recipient Kerrie Hanna by Kate Donaldson
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Heritage Crafts and the British Society of Master Glass Painters @bsmgp have launched a new training bursary for a new or early-career practitioner in stained glass. The successful applicant will benefit from up to £4,000 in funding, as well as one-to-one support from the staff at Heritage Crafts.
The bursaries are provided to help cover or subsidise the cost of training for a new entrant or early-career practitioner who would otherwise be prevented from pursuing this career path as a result of the cost.
Stained glass crafts include stained glass window making, glass painting within a stained glass context, and/or stained glass conservation.
The stained glass bursaries sit alongside others in fashion textiles and costume (supported by the Costume Society), leatherworking (supported by the Leathersellers’ Foundation), saddlery (supported by the Saddlers’ Company), shoe making (supported by the Cordwainers’ Company), maritime rope and twine crafts (supported by the International guild of Knot Tyers) and building crafts in Northern Ireland (supported by CITBNI). Additional bursaries for other crafts will open in April.
To find out more including how to apply (deadline 20 March) follow the linktr.ee in our bio.
📷 2025 recipient @kerriehanna by @katedonaldsonphotography
📣 Article alert 📣 “Stained Glass by Charles Anthony Pilgrim Wetton (1924-1994) in Post-war Britain,” an account of the artist’s legacy, an Old Latymerian, is published in the Centenary issue of The Journal of Stained Glass @bsmgp
Wetton’s windows can be seen at Latymer Upper School, London @latymerupperschool ; in the Glass and Ceramics Department at the V&A @vamuseum ; and at St Theresa’s Church, Princes Risborough, among others. His artworks are also held in the collections of Tate @tate and the Fitzwilliam Museum @fitzmuseum_uk
The Journal of Stained Glass is a premier publication on #stainedglass, produced annually by the British Society of Master Glass Painters since 1924.
The issue is available from the BSMGP website .uk/publications/the-journal-of-stained-
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#stainedglassart #latymerupperschool #journalofstainedglass #artist #architecturalart #architecturalartglass #glass #design #artwork #handcrafted #handmade #art #publication #artistandscholar
What's on at Blowfish🔥 Bespoke Sheet Glass Weekend 🔥
🗓️ Feb 28 – March 1
📍 Blowfish Glass UK, Red House Glass Cone, Stourbridge, DY8 4AZ
Join us for an inspiring weekend celebrating traditional mouth-blown sheet glass, live glassblowing, and the future of stained glass ✨
Hosted at our studio on the historic site of the Red House Glass Cone (opposite Stourbridge Glass Museum), this intimate event brings together collectors, makers, and glass lovers alike.
🫧 What’s happening:
• Live demonstrations of Blown Glass, Traditional bespoke sheet glass making
• First access to new sheet glass drops (full sheets, rondels & off-cut gems from £5)
• A brand-new BSMGP lightbox installation inside the Cone @bsmgp
• Sheet glass exhibition
• Café on-site ☕
• Opportunities to discuss future collaborations & design requests
🕰️ Live demonstrations (identical sessions):
Demo 1 — 11:00–12:30
Demo 2 — 1:30–3:00
🎟️ 30 FREE tickets available per day
Glass artist Elliot Walker is breaking new ground—bridging the gap between glassblowers and stained glass artists through his Bespoke Sheet Glass initiative, creating rare glass types unavailable from modern manufacturers.
🎟️ Tickets: FREE (book your spot via link in bio)
🚗 Free parking on-site
💛 We kindly encourage visitors to support our gallery shop to help keep free events sustainable.
👉 Want to influence future glass designs?
Submit your sheet glass requests via the link in our bio or visit:
/sheet-glass-opportunities-and-collaborations/
@ewalkerglassart
✨ Discover new possibilities.
✨ Meet the makers behind the material.
✨ Be part of the future of stained glass.
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