Restored Door panel, Aberdeen
These relatively simple-looking panels caused me all sorts of grief in the studio. First of all, despite their handmade glass and small flemish quarries typical of neighbouring properties, they had steel-cored lead all through them. The main difficulty, however, was that the handmade coloured glass ovals were extremely variable in thickness, being almost 10mm thick in some sections. In the end, I had to split wide heart lead around the widest sections, ensuring the original chipped borders were covered to hide any distracting conchoidal fractured edges.
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Stained Glass Survey, Haddo House, Aberdeenshire
After a good summer break, I was straight back up the scaffold to carry out an exterior survey of the East Window at Haddo House. The windows in this fantastic National Trust property (which was designed by William Adam and dates from 1732) were restored in 1991, but recent water ingress meant they need to be resurveyed to identify potential leaks.
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Restored Victorian Stairway Panel, Portsoy
Almost all the original tie wires had failed on this stairway panel and, as a result, the window had buckled in the frame and cracked several sections of glass at the base (including two painted squares). Removal (and reinstallation was made slightly awkward by the size of the lowermost panel (approximately 4ft x 5ft).
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Victorian Geometric Panels, Montgarrie
Last week I installed 4 pairs of new Victorian Geometric style panels in a property near Alford. These traditional panels sit very comfortably in this restored period property, and bring a lot of light into the hallway.
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Contemporary Arched Window, Old Aberdeen
We have been working on a series of five panels inspired by Australian Aboriginal Art for a historic property in Old Aberdeen, and this week saw the installation of the largest window.
Forming a large light above a set of French doors into a garden room, the window curves to fit the roof of a “pend”, or tunnel formerly used to bring horses through from the street to a courtyard at the rear of the building.
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Restored Vestibule Door, Fochabers
This large door panel was damaged during some decorating work. It had some beautiful handmade coloured glass pieces and large, clear sections, some of which were damaged. We managed to source good matches for the clear glasses, but had to plate some pale amber onto a textured clear to obtain a match for one particularly unusual glass.
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Restored Painted Vestibule Window, Huntly
A damaged vestibule window, with cracked painted sections. Glass repainted and both panels cleaned and re-leaded.
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Contemporary Seascape, Inverallochy
The client is an electrician on a fishing boat out of Fraserburgh, and had just finished building his family a new home. The window acts as a screen in a ground floor room, and features the landscape of Orkney and the client's boat as well as waves and fish. We fabricated a frame to hold the panel on the interior of a double glazed unit.
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