Our very own long standing customer Alfred Fisher, a stained glass artist from Rickmansworth has been recognised with an MBE in the New Years Honours list for his services to Architectural Stained Glass.
Alf of The Highland, has created windows for Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey during his 61 years in the trade. The 78-year-old said: “I was astonished – the award came completely out of the blue and had never entered my wildest dreams. It is so nice to be recognised – I just try to do the best I can.”
Despite being told by his colleagues that he wouldn’t last two weeks in the industry aged 17, the talented designer stuck to it and quickly fell in love with the skill.
After studying at Liverpool Art College he trained at Whitefriars Studio where he quickly moved up the ranks. In 1972 he was finally able to set up his own studio in Hunton Bridge, Chapel Studios and he was later appointed the stained glass consultant for the National Trust and English Heritage.
As his career began to grow and his work became more recognised, Mr Fisher was asked to share his knowledge with aspiring artists across the world, and he travelled to America and India to teach.
He said: “Working in stained glass, making it and conserving it for the future, is a fantastic experience I wouldn’t have missed and it’s good to know that someone feels I have passed this experience on to others and inspired them along the way.”
We are delighted to say that also our very own Taratula has finally had her baby. Tarulata’s little angel who arrived yesterday morning weighed 2.6kg. T’ cut it fine as the baby arrived withing 1/2hr of her getting to the hospital. Mum and baby (un-named at the moment) doing well.
Next CGS Northern Group Meeting: – at Pearsons Glass in Liverpool and join the CGS through our shop>
The next meeting of the CGS Northern group is to take place on Friday 10th February at Pearsons Glass in Liverpool All our welcome but BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL -Please contact Us or the CGS to book your place.
The agenda is as follows:
11.00 Meet at Pearsons processing department (incl. questions and answers)
Maddrell Street, Liverpool L3 7EH
12.00 Metropolitan Cathedral
12.45 Philharmonic pub. So much glass in here it is for educational purposes only. Honest
13.30 Sandwiches, coffee and Danish at Pearsons combined with a short CGS Meeting
14.30 Look around Pearsons Stained Glass factory (incl. questions and answers on
toughening, laminating and sandblasting techniques)
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No rest for the wicked. Over the holidays we have been working to make our website as user friendly as possible. As a result you will soon see a rash of new logos appearing on the site
E = Essentials Range – Simple well made product for those beginning in the art.
S = Studio Range- A mid priced product for those looking to develop their skills.
P = Professional Range- For the most robust and hard wearing product.
Thumbs up = BESTSELLER.
New = NEW!!
Happy new year everyone.
Merry Christmas from all at Pearsons Glass. Please note we will be closed from -
Wednesday 12.30pm 21st December and then will reopen 8am January 3rd.
We have a fantastic seasonal special offer on FRITS, STRINGER AND CONFETTI glasses. All manufacturers – BULLSEYE, SYSTEM 96 AND FLOAT GLASS. Non standard and specials colours.
We are also launching our NEW book range and offering special prices on popular books-
And promoting our new GLASS COURSES TIMETABLE FOR 2012.
Some recent UV bonded cabinets in the factory.
Just arrived. Our latest container of Antique Cathedral glass- This will keep the team busy re-stocking the racks. 18 colours of beautiful glass for restoration of Victorian period windows or mixed with more contemporary glasses-simply stunning!
I’m always on the look out for inspirational glass work and when i came across Catherine’s work recently i got straight in touch with her to ask if we could feature her on our site to share her work with you. I love her use of colour and texture. Examples of her work are shown below with further pictures appearing in the gallery section of our website. Her website address is -http://www.andamentomosaics.com . Enjoy- ADAM.
cherry tree
The first Northern CGS Group meeting held at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool was a great success. Plenty of ideas were shared on promoting artists and glass work in the UK. This followed a talk by Alayna on their amazing exhibition of glass dresses by Diana Dias-Leão called “Dare to Wear”.
The exhibition is on till 30th September 2011 at the Walker Art Gallery 10am-5pm Walker Art Gallery William Brown Street LiverpoolL3 8EL
CGS conference 2011
glass dresses by Diana Dias-Leão
