Stained and fused glass projects

Ed’s Window

Ed's Window
Working from the client's sketch, we designed and created this
3ft x 3ft window for a property
near Skibbereen.

Unusually large unbroken areas of glass in a limited selection of colours lead to an uncluttered effect in the final window.

Fiona & Padriag’s Fastnet Light

This bespoke panel was created to bring some light and colour into a window half-way up a flight of stairs in a house renovation in Dublin.

It measures 4ft x 3ft, and was designed to be attached to the existing, opening UPVC window.
Colour highlights in the design were chosen to co-ordinate with decoration and furnishings, and the panel was strengthened with built-in reinforcement to ensure that it continues to look good for years to come. As a finishing touch, tiny glass windows were applied to the lighthouse, and two copper-foiled seagulls were added to the design.

Computer-coloured final design

mojo designer blacksmiths
I first met Moss and Joe at the Designer Arts and Crafts Show in Rosscarbery - and we discussed the use of stained and fused glass in their amazing sculptural work.

This six-foot-high piece, with inset stained glass and hand-beaten copper-work was created recently for a garden in West Cork.

It’s going to be fun working with these guys! - see their website for more information

Meriel’s mirror
Meriel is a little girl who is very fond of bunnies and rainbows. Her mum wanted me to create a wall-mirror that brought these two design elements together.
This was the result!

The mirror measures 50cm x 35cm - and features a stained glass rabbit, with an ornamental ‘rope-twist’ border with pearly white irridised glass and fused ‘rainbow’ sections.

Was the customer pleased ?
“Bunny mad here - squeals of delight”

John’s car
My friend Bill has a friend called John - who runs a motor museum in Kerry.
As a nice surprise Christmas present for John, I was asked to create a window-panel showing this 1933 Alfa Romeo.

The original photo, which was used as the basis for the panel design, came from a small ad in the motoring papers. The image was imported into our computer design package, and various combinations of glass type / colour / texture were tried, until a pleasing design resulted.

The final piece measured some 45 x 28cm, and featured textured mirror glass for the radiator, mirror glass for the windscreen, headlights and bumper and contoured solder for the wire wheels.

Karen’s windows
An elegant new house near Rosscarbery was the setting for this classical set of window panels.
The external front door already had a lemon-yellow ‘bevel’ design built into the double-glazed unit - so we continued the theme with plated bevels and two types of heavily-textured clear glass, with coloured accent sections chosen to match the floor-tiles. In keeping with the overall style, the lead-lines were treated with a chemical patina to darken them, and show off the glass.

Olive’s Smith Chart
When Olive’s electrical engineering professor from UCC retired, she and her fellow students wanted to give him something a little bit different! A Smith Chart is a graphical device that’s used in electronic engineering - so (between us!) we designed a stained-glass Smith Chart.

It took one or two iterations to get the complex colour graduations just right, and the finished article (measuring 12” diameter)  was edged with a lead profile, and provided with hanging loops to accept cord. For extra sparkle, the lead-lines were waxed and buffed!

Olive liked it so much she ordered a second one for herself!

The classic Smith Chart


A happy customer!

The finished item.

Kevin’s Lighthouse window
Once upon a time in Carrigaline there was an East-facing window - that was just crying out for a nice bright stained-glass panel. Because we didn’t want to cover the entire window in stained-glass, we devised a white glass ‘frame’ that blended with the UPVC window-frame, and gave the panel strength and artistic effect. The Fastnet Rock, sailing ships and sunsets provided inspiration for this colourful panel.

East-facing window - just crying out for some stained-glass


Final design

Installed panel

Gerda’s Lamp
This fused-glass lamp was created as a leaving present for Gerda’s boss, - who is very much into wind-farms, Irish country living and sheep-farming.
It consists of an 11” diameter, three-layer, kiln-fused, glass platter - which depicts a stylised wind turbine, a country landscape with a ‘big sky’ - and some sheep..

The timber base was hand-carved from local Irish oak by my friend Charley (Charley’s Chairs 028 37594), and carries a long-life bulb to illuminate the panel.
Comments included “ “original” – “very personal” – “very effective” – “outstanding work” <blush!>

Bespoke doors, windows, panels, mirrors, lamps and presentation pieces
We can design pretty much anything to suit your requirements and colour scheme.

Our computer-based design program lets us try out the effect of different styles and colours of glass - and we can develop a design with you via email (most of the items show above were designed ‘remotely’).

We can also arrange courier delivery of finished items - although larger pieces like door and window panels are best hand-delivered, and we can offer an installation service in and around County Cork.

If you want a piece for a particular event, please do leave sufficient time for us to design and create the item - we can get very busy with markets in the summer and towards Christmas - and we don’t like to rush things!

Please contact us for more information.