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BLOOMSBURY G A R D E N S SISSINGHURST, KENT TN17 2JR
feature FAR LEFT: East Window, Golford Chapel, Cranbrook; BELOW: The East Window at St. Philips Church, Tunbridge Wells, depicting the Holy Trinity Art in GLASS Isobel Ackary on the creation of the Golford Chapel stained glass windows MY CAREER in stained glass has spanned some 20 years plus. Where has that time gone!? As the old adage says “do a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life”. This has certainly been the case for me. I get just as excited about my work now as I did at the very beginning! I set up my stained glass business initially in Horam, East Sussex, in 1997. Most of my first commissions were for front doors and interior windows of local houses. It was a few years later that I was first contacted by artist Michael “Louis” Woodford. He had seen a tiny picture of a piece of my work in a local paper and asked me if I’d be interested in helping him to fulfil his dream of interpreting his art into stained glass. This was the beginning of a wonderful and enduring friendship and the fruition of the Golford Chapel windows. In 2002 I made the decision to return to education and do a degree in Art and Design with the University of Brighton, mostly for my own pleasure and self-satisfaction but also to gain, perhaps, some credibility. While studying, the Golford windows were in “production” and I was able to use this as part of my degree. Soon after finishing my degree I started teaching stained glass at Hastings College, now East Sussex College, Hastings. I teach for University of Brighton on their Designer/Maker degree course. The final window was fitted in 2008. Michael and I stayed firm friends and I would get a hand written letter most weeks, beautifully articulate about art, which was his life, sometimes with a little sketch and more often than not a joke or a rant! He is very much missed. And I think he would be delighted that I drive around with an image of the Golford windows on the back of my car! My career continued with many more domestic commissions and exhibition pieces. In 2010 I completed three large windows for the new chancel of St. Philips Church in Tunbridge Wells. Unlike the Golford windows, I designed as well as fabricated these, using the theme of The Holy Trinity. I have endeavoured to capture the more info subject in a contemporary and subtle way, communicating the subject while allowing an open interpretation. To date I continue to do commissions for houses throughout the south east and have an exciting potential commission for a local church. I still teach at Hastings and also now run courses for beginners and more advanced students in my own purpose-built studio in Hellingly, East Sussex. For more information visit www.labyrinthstainedglass.co.uk Parish Cake • Summer 2019 35
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