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Amy McCarthy
Mar 10, 20151 min read
Stained Glass Fish Window for a Bathroom
#lead #purple #traditionaltechnques #stainedglasspanel #sea #shoal #AmyMccarthy #httpfolksycomshopsamyorangejuice #blue #underwater...
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Amy McCarthy
Aug 27, 20141 min read
A Loo with a view
Really pleased to have got my latest commission installed into its home in the downstairs toilet in a lovely late Georgian house in...
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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
Sep 2, 20121 min read
My tree has turned into a monster, but you can still add your wishes to it!
Anyway, it really doesn’t look like a tree any more; more like a Fraggle Rock monster! But it is now safely erected in my garden, wishes...
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Amy McCarthy
Mar 11, 20121 min read
First finished photographic printed stained glass panel!
#experimental #seaside #BritishCoast #sea #experimenting #teasels #grasses #coastline #Branscombe #stainedglass #photographicprint...
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Amy McCarthy
Oct 3, 20111 min read
3 different endings, all starting with the sea
Oh dear, I totally gave up on my blog a day! whoops. But that is because I have been double busy the last few weeks. Open Studios ended...
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Amy McCarthy
Jun 23, 20112 min read
How much longer does it take to make a stained glass window?
Whoops, I totally forgot I had started blogging about this! So here is part 2, but I must confess, I finished this panel Sunday (I...
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Amy McCarthy
Jun 11, 20111 min read
How long does it take to make a stained glass window?
I am always being asked how long my work takes to make, so I thought I would document the process on a straight forward piece, a front...
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Amy McCarthy
May 1, 20111 min read
Fishy sky lights
I have just got back from installing 2 sky light panels to a wonderful apartment over looking the sea in Sidmouth . My client’s led them...
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Amy McCarthy
Mar 10, 20111 min read
Going down Memory Lane
They were very pleased with it and said, “….it looks fabulous! Hopefully mum will be over the moon…Thanks everso much for doing this, its...
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Amy McCarthy
Mar 4, 20112 min read
Getting stuck into something big!
Way back in Autumn 2010 I started discussing a large window commission to be fitted into a double glazed unit for a family in...
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Amy McCarthy
Jan 31, 20111 min read
A very English Mermaid
I have just finished a front door transom light for a lovely family in Exmouth. They have been renovating their Victorian terrace and my...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 10, 20101 min read
Sailing off to a new front door!
My recent seascape commission panel is finished and I am very pleased with it! It will be fitted into the new front door of a house in a...
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Amy McCarthy
Aug 17, 20101 min read
Inspiration on the Cornish coast
We have just returned from a glorious camping trip to Maker Heights campsite, near Cawsands in Cornwall. It was a fabulous campsite, just...
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Amy McCarthy
Jun 20, 20102 min read
Craft fairs, commissions, drawing and making
My first week back from holiday has been so busy, we knew it would be and my husband Mark had the week off work to look after the...
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