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  1. First time I’m cutting and assembling glass!

    And I enjoyed SO much, that ever since I hear my subconscious telling me to quit my job and do this all day long for the next twenty years or so.

    #stainedglass

  2. 'Let Us Satisfy'
    #Cyanotype on tissue paper. Approx 3.5 x 1.8m

    A 'stained glass window' made for #York Library, using source material from an #archive collection of #StainedGlass makers in York.

    I made full-size digital collages (first image), which I used as negatives to print the cyanotypes.

    I LOVE ARCHIVES

    If you have an archive project I can work on, do let me know!

    #digitalColllage

    This stayed up 6 months longer than planned as it proved very popular with library visitors.

  3. Smithsonian: New Smithsonian Online Exhibition Celebrates the Art and Skill of Traditional Trades. “The Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage today launched ‘Built by Hand: Skilled Artisans in the Traditional Trades,’ a new online exhibition that highlights the creativity, knowledge and experiences of skilled artisans and building trades. The exhibition features in depth […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/21/smithsonian-new-smithsonian-online-exhibition-celebrates-the-art-and-skill-of-traditional-trades/
  4. 64lbs of costly candle wax was allocated to the #ClareCastle chapel for the feast of #Candlemas, a favourite of the #LadyOfClare, when light blazed in midwinter & candles were brought to be blessed.

    She would have been familiar with this #CanterburyCathedral window depicting the Presentation of Christ in the Temple - very tall candles here!

    📷 Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr.com/photos/paullew/3254

    #StainedGlass #medieval @medievodons