Centenary exhibition
Online gallery
The Centenary of the British Society of Master Glass Painters is in 2021. We are inviting all Members to create an exhibition panel, or series of panels, for the online exhibition below. Each panel should be 30cm x 30cm (outside size). We will provide frames for the duration of the exhibition. There is no theme and no restriction on techniques or materials, provided glass is involved. Entry for the virtual exhibition is free for Members and all work should be new, created specially for the centenary year.
Apart from the virtual exhibition, we are also in discussion with the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, The Stained Glass Museum in Ely, The Ruskin Centre in Stourbridge and several other venues including Cathedrals for a touring exhibition during 2021-22. There will be a hanging fee for any work selected for our flagship exhibitions. More details will follow.
The deadline for entry has been extended to the spring. Contact portfolio@bsmgp.org.uk by the end of March if you intend to submit work and the deadline is now 30th April 2021. Images should be at least 150mm x 150mm and 300 dpi. Accompanying text should include, in this order, Name, Title, Media/Techniques, and up to 40 words about the inspiration for the work. We look forward to receiving your entries here.
Click on the image to scroll through the panels, and there are more on the following pages.
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Derek Hunt FMGP 'Self Portrait'
Pen drawing using vitreous pigments and oils, with an abstract selection of antique glass pieces dry glazed into a semi-opal glass unit. 'This experimental piece is my response to living through the pandemic, which has touched us all and left a surreal collection of memories and emotions to contend with.'
Pen drawing using vitreous pigments and oils, with an abstract selection of antique glass pieces dry glazed into a semi-opal glass unit. 'This experimental piece is my response to living through the pandemic, which has touched us all and left a surreal collection of memories and emotions to contend with.'
Rachel Phillips 'Flowers for Ros'
Painted, fired-polished antique glasses. 'I only met Ros Grimshaw a couple of times but was lucky enough to be inspired by her instinctual collage-based approach to glass, something that seemed to offer unlooked-for surprises and a re-connection with play and creativity. In lockdown I spent time trying this and learnt that nothing is ever wasted, even the regret of not knowing someone better, if only I let it speak to me in a new way.'
Painted, fired-polished antique glasses. 'I only met Ros Grimshaw a couple of times but was lucky enough to be inspired by her instinctual collage-based approach to glass, something that seemed to offer unlooked-for surprises and a re-connection with play and creativity. In lockdown I spent time trying this and learnt that nothing is ever wasted, even the regret of not knowing someone better, if only I let it speak to me in a new way.'
Sarah Knighton 'La Danse'
Painted and stained etched flash glass. Framed within a mechanism which allows the two layers to rotate in opposite directions. 'The turning circles create a kaleidoscope effect of movement and colour. Theme is the Memento Mori tradition of remembering death as inspiration to live.'
Painted and stained etched flash glass. Framed within a mechanism which allows the two layers to rotate in opposite directions. 'The turning circles create a kaleidoscope effect of movement and colour. Theme is the Memento Mori tradition of remembering death as inspiration to live.'
Emma Butler Cole Aiken AMGP 'Reel'
Painted and leaded glass. 'You know that social distancing is getting to you when you look at some trees and imagine them dancing at a ceilidh. Longing for what will again be but far from possible at the time of making.'
Painted and leaded glass. 'You know that social distancing is getting to you when you look at some trees and imagine them dancing at a ceilidh. Longing for what will again be but far from possible at the time of making.'
Natasha Redina ‘The Alchemist’
Stained glass painting. ‘The theme is transmutation and the interwoven historical roots of glasswork and alchemy. The images were inspired by three pieces, the woodcut of glass workshops by Jost Amman (Frankfurt 1586), The Flammarion wood engraving and the oil painting of 'An old man holding a pilgrim bottle' in the National Gallery London (circa 1650's) both by unknown artists.'
Stained glass painting. ‘The theme is transmutation and the interwoven historical roots of glasswork and alchemy. The images were inspired by three pieces, the woodcut of glass workshops by Jost Amman (Frankfurt 1586), The Flammarion wood engraving and the oil painting of 'An old man holding a pilgrim bottle' in the National Gallery London (circa 1650's) both by unknown artists.'
Petri Anderson AMGP 'Metamorphosis'
plated flash glass and 2mm float glass with etching, engraving, vitreous glass paint, enamels, jean cousin, copper and silver stain. 'The inspiration for this piece came from the dismay of witnessing a succesion of divisive events taking place. With this social backdrop, Metamorphosis explores the personal quest for freedom set against predators and scavengers plotting from the shadows.'
plated flash glass and 2mm float glass with etching, engraving, vitreous glass paint, enamels, jean cousin, copper and silver stain. 'The inspiration for this piece came from the dismay of witnessing a succesion of divisive events taking place. With this social backdrop, Metamorphosis explores the personal quest for freedom set against predators and scavengers plotting from the shadows.'
Deborah Lowe AMGP 'Wish I was here'
Painted, silver stained and leaded antique glass. 'My last sight of the sea before lockdown was from the top of the 199 Whitby Abbey steps looking out over the harbour. This is a fantasia on that moment by a landlocked midlander!'
Painted, silver stained and leaded antique glass. 'My last sight of the sea before lockdown was from the top of the 199 Whitby Abbey steps looking out over the harbour. This is a fantasia on that moment by a landlocked midlander!'
Annie Ross ‘Ships Passing in the Night’
Etched, flashed red on clear and a variety of coloured glasses painted and fired. 'The theme alludes to the night time passage of ships, with the glow of their lights. The shapes painted on the coloured glass are taken from seaweed forms and almost envelop the ships, the aim to make the whole moody and mysterious!'
Etched, flashed red on clear and a variety of coloured glasses painted and fired. 'The theme alludes to the night time passage of ships, with the glow of their lights. The shapes painted on the coloured glass are taken from seaweed forms and almost envelop the ships, the aim to make the whole moody and mysterious!'
Nicola Kantorowicz FMGP 'Summer Breeze'
Painted and leaded antique stained glass. 'An abstract interpretation of decorative elements found in the natural landscape.'
Painted and leaded antique stained glass. 'An abstract interpretation of decorative elements found in the natural landscape.'
Isobel Brunsdon 'Long Man Walk'
Printed and Reusche and Debitus painted mouth blown glass. 'The Long Man of Wilmington is a giant chalk hill figure on Windover Hill on the South Downs he is an iconic symbol in the local area, you get the feeling of being watched and dwarfed as you walk the footpath winding around and above him.'
Printed and Reusche and Debitus painted mouth blown glass. 'The Long Man of Wilmington is a giant chalk hill figure on Windover Hill on the South Downs he is an iconic symbol in the local area, you get the feeling of being watched and dwarfed as you walk the footpath winding around and above him.'
Roland Mitton AMGP 'Misty Morning'
Stained and painted antique glass. 'We live close to Loch Leven in Fife and on a bright winter morning with the sun breaking through the mist, bare trees, over the water- it is rather magical'
Stained and painted antique glass. 'We live close to Loch Leven in Fife and on a bright winter morning with the sun breaking through the mist, bare trees, over the water- it is rather magical'
Helen Russell ‘Pond life’
Stained glass panel using English Antique and Lamberts flashed glass, engraved, painted, silver stained and leaded. 'This panel was inspired by my country walks during lockdown in 2020 and the lifecycle of creatures that live in or near our streams and ponds. Their lives continued oblivious to the interruptions to our world.'
Stained glass panel using English Antique and Lamberts flashed glass, engraved, painted, silver stained and leaded. 'This panel was inspired by my country walks during lockdown in 2020 and the lifecycle of creatures that live in or near our streams and ponds. Their lives continued oblivious to the interruptions to our world.'
Michael Vincent ‘All For Our Tomorrow’
Acid etch, Reusche glass paint, silver stain, leaded antique glass. ‘For all the human and animal sacrifice who gave their today for our tomorrow.’
Acid etch, Reusche glass paint, silver stain, leaded antique glass. ‘For all the human and animal sacrifice who gave their today for our tomorrow.’
Benjamin Pascal Finn AMGP 'Peter’s vision Acts 10:11'
Mainly Wissmach glass, glass paint and silver stain. 'Peter’s vision on the roof of a house near Joppa of ‘unclean’ animals descending accompanied by a voice saying ‘what God hath made clean call not thou unclean’.'
Mainly Wissmach glass, glass paint and silver stain. 'Peter’s vision on the roof of a house near Joppa of ‘unclean’ animals descending accompanied by a voice saying ‘what God hath made clean call not thou unclean’.'
John Barzallo 'Charterhouse Spiral'
Original Clayton & Bell painted glass leaded together. 'Fragments of damaged glass from Charterhouse school are held together with spiralling lead. Creating something new from 150 years old glass.'
Original Clayton & Bell painted glass leaded together. 'Fragments of damaged glass from Charterhouse school are held together with spiralling lead. Creating something new from 150 years old glass.'
Kate Henderson AMGP ‘Unite’
Stained glass leaded panel with textured glass, silver stain and acrylic paint. ‘My aim was to make a painterly piece which “united” fragments of glass; from Norman Slab to Bullseye glass using old and new processes to reflect the diversity of stained glass in the 21st Century.’
Stained glass leaded panel with textured glass, silver stain and acrylic paint. ‘My aim was to make a painterly piece which “united” fragments of glass; from Norman Slab to Bullseye glass using old and new processes to reflect the diversity of stained glass in the 21st Century.’
Mary Corkery 'Overthinking It'
Engraved, painted and fired leaded panel using mainly Oceanside glass. 'This panel illustrates how lockdown has intensified my tendency to overthink and over analyse my work.'
Engraved, painted and fired leaded panel using mainly Oceanside glass. 'This panel illustrates how lockdown has intensified my tendency to overthink and over analyse my work.'
Jane Littlefield 'Dog and Birds'
Tatra glass and float, hand painted. 'Imagining mythologies and celebrating nature. During lockdown I have been inspired by traditional folk art, as well as the celebration of nature and green space, which have been so important for our well being.'
Tatra glass and float, hand painted. 'Imagining mythologies and celebrating nature. During lockdown I have been inspired by traditional folk art, as well as the celebration of nature and green space, which have been so important for our well being.'
Surinder Warboys 'Palimpsest'
Antique glass, paint and silver chloride, diaper technique, staining, firing and plating. 'The panel evolved out of thoughts on climate change and coming across an article in which the elephant was referred to as an Environmental Engineer.'
Antique glass, paint and silver chloride, diaper technique, staining, firing and plating. 'The panel evolved out of thoughts on climate change and coming across an article in which the elephant was referred to as an Environmental Engineer.'
Pippa Stacey ‘Nest of Hope - 23 Eggs’
Glass gilded with gold, lemon gold and white gold. 'My love of feathers, eggs and nests prompted me to investigate that over the last 100 years there have been 23 species of British birds which have either been reintroduced, in recovery or under threat. I have chosen to document this in my gilded panel.'
Glass gilded with gold, lemon gold and white gold. 'My love of feathers, eggs and nests prompted me to investigate that over the last 100 years there have been 23 species of British birds which have either been reintroduced, in recovery or under threat. I have chosen to document this in my gilded panel.'
James Cockerill 'London in Recovery'
Silk screen in tracing black, bonded antique glass on float. 'Walking through London in 2020 with Covid cases rising and Brexit looming evoked complex emotions. The normally vibrant city was empty, and there was an undertow of tension passing the few people out and about. There was sadness in the emptiness, but the potential of human activity and a re-opening was tangible. Ploughing steadily up the Thames through the heart of the city a boat named ‘Recovery’ signalled its intentions.'
Silk screen in tracing black, bonded antique glass on float. 'Walking through London in 2020 with Covid cases rising and Brexit looming evoked complex emotions. The normally vibrant city was empty, and there was an undertow of tension passing the few people out and about. There was sadness in the emptiness, but the potential of human activity and a re-opening was tangible. Ploughing steadily up the Thames through the heart of the city a boat named ‘Recovery’ signalled its intentions.'