stained glass sundial

At last this sundial got finished and installed at Nailsea Court. (Its a copy of a 17th century one which was stolen after a fire in the 1970's).I've been working on this dial for over a year now - it's plain glass, etched, enamelled, painted, and silver stained.
Scary moment as the sun came out just when we were putting it in - and it showed the right time to within 5 minutes or so! (you have to correct for longitude and time of year first)The time reads quarter past 12
Carol

Art and glass in Gloucester

Tom Denny, Gloucester Cathedral, 1992

Esteemed Student Cathy Steed sent me this information about art and
glass in her neck of the woods. So if anyone fancies a trip to Gloucester, you know where to go...

Our inspiration often comes from the natural world so thought I
would give a plug to my local museum/art gallery 'Nature in Art' a
couple of miles outside Gloucester. It is well worth a visit and
does exactly what it says on the tin. The art is both inside and out
in the grounds and covers many different mediums. They usually have
a visiting artist in residence, there is a good cafe and a shop
selling related books and posters and also artists materials. You
can even get in half-price by simply mentioning that you have heard
about the museum through an 'arts ambassador' (my other half, John
Steed) when you buy your tickets. Visit the website to find out more
about the museum:

http://www.nature-in-art.org.uk/


Whilst in the neighbourhood Gloucester Cathedral is well worth a
visit. The Great East Window c1350 vies with York Minster in its
claim to be the largest medieval window in England. The South
Ambulatory Chapel has a wonderful modern set of windows by Tom Denny
(1992) - the picture's on the Cathedral's website just don't do it
justice:

http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/photogalleries_chapel.asp

The Cathedral is slap bang in the middle of Gloucester just a short walk
from Westgate Street where there is a great shop called 'Made in
Gloucestershire'. The shop sells some wonderful stuff: baskets,
pottery, jams, scarves, cards, furniture, bags, cosmetics and, of
course, stained glass.

If you really want to make a day of it travel 8 miles west of
Gloucester to Newent to visit the Cowdy gallery - see the link on
the right.

Westbury Park Methodist Church

Photos courtesy of Harry, another Esteemed Student, this time from my Thursday morning class. Harry says:

I attach some pictures of some interesting glass in our church - Westbury Park Methodist on the corner of Etloe Road and Berkeley Road.

There is one of the John Wesley panel and a detail from underneath it. Also there is a typical roundel. Hope you like them. I have some spare glass available which is the colours and sizes of the south window detail if any one would like some.

If there is interest on the blog I thoght I might put up some more pictures - perhaps some from St Alban's church too.

Warm Glass competition entries

Title: The movement of flowing water with ever shifting forms of a shoal of fish

Here's Julia Rowe's entry to this years' Warm Glass Competition. For those who don't know Julia, she's An Esteemed Student in my Wednesday class. The good thing is, we don't only see all the entries on the web, we get to vote for our favourite entry too!

So cut and paste the following link into your browser, and get voting...

http://www.warmglassprize.com/entries2006.htm

Good Luck Julia.

Koi Carp window

Thought you might like to see a round window I just made for a conservatory -