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Amy McCarthy
Apr 25, 20144 min read
Exeter Community Centre Multi-Sensory Window Commission
This slideshow requires JavaScript. A y Exeter Community Centre on St David’s Hill, Exeter. Below is the full explanation of what on...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 28, 20131 min read
Intaglio glass casting mold
Started on my cast glass multi-sensory window. I am making the clay base, the crushed glass then melts into the imprints in the clay when...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 6, 20132 min read
The big reveal!
I picked the tree trunk up in 3 and 6 inch cross sections, with quite a lot of wild life attached and I must confess it was a bit...
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Amy McCarthy
Jun 12, 20131 min read
Past Present Future Project
Really pleased to formally announce I have been chosen as one of the artists commissioned to make a piece of art as part of the Exeter...
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Amy McCarthy
Apr 22, 20131 min read
Fused Nautilus Bathroom window
The design brief was simple: bright, jewel like colours, based on a Nautilus/spiral design and to obscure the existing patterned sealed...
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Amy McCarthy
Mar 7, 20131 min read
Preparing for Exeter Open Studios 2013
Its only a couple of weeks until Exeter Open Studios 2013 and my studio is a slightly frantic hive of activity! The big clear out...
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Amy McCarthy
Oct 21, 20121 min read
Mezzanine Mountain Window
The panel gets lots of natural and artificial light at different times of day/night and will hopefully be dramatic in a totally different...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 23, 20121 min read
Open Studios ends with a deluge of rain!
My studio can go back to being my own private little space again now for another year! Thanks for everyone who helped me advertise my...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 14, 20121 min read
experimenting with recycled glass frit
There is still lots of time to come and visit me at Open Studios, please click here for dates and times. This slideshow requires...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 13, 20121 min read
Cementing and Soldering Stained Glass
Open studios rumbles along and I have spent my day cementing and soldering. My acid etched panel is coming on nicely, the patterns have...
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Amy McCarthy
Aug 11, 20121 min read
An awful lot of wishes
Literally hundreds of wishes have been tied to my tree, at least 4 pairs of curtains, an old double duvet cover and goodness knows what...
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Amy McCarthy
Jul 25, 20121 min read
Stained Glass Window for a Green House
birthday present stained glass panel Not just any green house a lovely wooden bespoke Grow House for the surprise Birthday present of the...
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Amy McCarthy
Jul 19, 20121 min read
Little me in a lovely big exhibition!
I dived into the private view of Gloss Gallery’s new exhibition Coast and Country as I am exhibiting with them! It was heaving with...
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Amy McCarthy
Jul 14, 20122 min read
2 months is a long time in blog land!
Some of it has been taken up with joining the writing team at UKHandmade where I am now writing the craft profiles section, which is...
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Amy McCarthy
May 4, 20121 min read
New experiments: stained glass and kiln fired photo transfers
OrganicARTS Open Studios Art Trail in September and I am hoping to do some collaborative photographic/glass designs with local...
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Amy McCarthy
Apr 25, 20121 min read
Ground up glass experiments
This slideshow requires JavaScript. #makingmaterials #contemporaryglassart #paintingwithglass #recycledart #environmentalart #Exeter...
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Amy McCarthy
Mar 13, 20121 min read
Spring Exhibition Hung and Open!
I have entered 2 pieces, Scorhill Stone Circle and Boats on the Estuary and they are hanging in the sunny atrium windows. This slideshow...
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Amy McCarthy
Feb 2, 20122 min read
I find finishing stained glass panels harder than starting them!
This slideshow requires JavaScript. This morning it was very cold in my studio, very cold indeed! It was one of those mornings when I...
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Amy McCarthy
Jan 23, 20121 min read
First in a new series, inspired by my children
I am working on some new themes for this year’s work, one of which is a series of panels inspired by my children, trying to #panel...
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Amy McCarthy
Nov 28, 20111 min read
The amyorangejuice machine is in full swing!
The machine being me, in my studio till all hours at the moment! But its all very exciting, I have a whole load of events going on at the...
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