Children enjoy learning and are very creative. I have been commissioned by two schools in Oxfordshire to work with the children to create designs and to make small stained glass panels for their schools.
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Charlton On Otmoor, Primary School
The children from year 6 were asked to think about and draw features from their village which are important to them and their community. From these simple pencil sketches we worked as a group to create a collage which contained each child’s drawing. I then cut pieces of glass which the children could decorate with glass paint. Back at the studio I fired the painted pieces and then put them together to make the panel. Placed in the new hall which is also used by the village the new panel expresses the children’s view of their village.
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New Hinksey Primary School
Working with a younger group of children (Year 3 and 4) they watched a demonstration of glass cutting and painting. We then worked on some tissue paper collage rose windows.
The children had already taken part in a drawing competition and four pictures were selected to form part of the stained glass panel. I used acid etching and painting to recreate their designs in glass. The panel was fitted into a window in the school hall. |