David designs and makes tailor-made stained glass lights, windows and screens. From traditional Victorian stained glass patterns or Tiffany and Frank Lloyd Wright inspired designs through the art deco picture windows of the 1930’s and on to modern creations. Here he talks about his work.

After many years of wanting to find out ‘how’ to design and make I attended a 10-week course in stained glass. During those ten weeks it became very clear to me that not only could I accomplish the ‘how’ with some skill, but also I got a tremendous amount of pleasure out of handling the glass and the finished pieces of work
After making some initial practice pieces I created a window commissioned by friends in Peacehaven, depicting a comic cockerel standing on a fence with a rural scene as the background.
I actually get a physical thrill from the different glasses that I use and the light that plays from them. I am always trying to find different ways of using stained glass to show off its beauty. I am colour-blind, but find an amazing array of colour in glass, that I find nowhere else.

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