Chapel window

Posted on September 3, 2022September 4, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Glass, Hanley, Staffordshire, Stained glass, Stoke-on trent, WindowsLeave a comment

In Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent is a place called Bethesda Methodist Chapel. It has been being restored over several years now. I have visited to sing there in performances with our choir. The building has gone from a crumbling shell to a much more robust structure. It is currently still being restored. One thing I have noticed are the spectacular stained glass windows. Methodist chapels are usually plain and simple. The wooden pews are unadorned. But the glass windows make me smile. It’s just beautiful art.

Stained glass view

Posted on April 4, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Church, Colour, Design, Glass, Lead, Pattern, Rode heath, Staffordshire, Stained glassLeave a comment

A few weeks ago we visited Rode Hall and the church across the road from it. I was running out of battery power so only took this photo. I just decided to look at it again because I like the colours in the glass. Blues, reds and whites highlight the figures and the textiles and architecture. The detail of the pattern at the top and base of the window panes help link each panel together. Just cutting the glass pieces out must have been so difficult and time consuming. Using lead to hold the glass in place. How do artists manage to do this? I’m full of admiration.

Abstract sky

Posted on November 28, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Analogue, Birds, Digital, Flood fill, Landscape, Photo, Sketch app, Stained glass, Terraced houses2 Comments

I went a bit psychedelic when I created this. The bare branches and twigs of the bushes in this photo created cells that I used a flood fill on. There are about three birds on the twigs, you might be able to see them.. The buildings are a line of terraced houses over the road from the hedge. It’s a combination of analogue and digital. It reminds me of stained glass.

Above our door

Posted on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat, coloured glass, Design, Door, Fun, Glass, Leaded glass, Pretty, Stained glass, Stained glass cat, Stained glass window, Window2 Comments

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I designed this about 25 years ago. A cat resting in the window above our front door. My friend Phil Shaw who was a carpenter also knew how to make stained glass, so I drew out the pattern and he made this up for me. It’s been there ever since and I love it. When we had our house double glazed I wanted to have this incorporated into a window but they couldn’t do it, so it remains, behind the single glass window. Letting the sunlight in. Coloured patches on the carpet.

Doodle for stained glass

Posted on December 15, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Artrage, Design, Digital art, Digital drawing, Drawing, Experiment, Playing, Sketching, Sketching app, Stained glassLeave a comment

sketch-1576378315539 cheered myself up with this digital doodle, ArtRage oils app followed by work in a sketcher app. The ArtRage one allows you to smear colour across the image, then using a drawing tool in the sketcher to draw lines over it and then a glitter pen to give it a bit of sparkle….

Stoke Minster.

Posted on November 23, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Life, Staffordshire, Stained glass, Stoke, Stoke-on trent, Windows, Winter lightLeave a comment

This afternoon, after singing with the curiosity choir, a scratch choir made up of two choirs I’m in and members of the public, I visited a craft fair at Stoke Minster in Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent.

It’s a beautiful victorian church, it’s basically the main church in the city, where funerals of famous city residents have taken place.

This is not a cathedral, but I think it ought to be. If not on religious grounds, then for the respect of the city.

On a dark grey day the windows lightened my mood. So beautiful and poignant.

Glass window?

Posted on June 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Design, Flood fill, Micro poetry, Playing, Poem, Poetry, Stained glassLeave a comment

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I was playing around with a photo of the stained glass windows in the church and came up with this. I sort of like it although I’m not sure the church would. When you use flood fill it causes a loss of details so you can’t see the faces on the image. I chose a rainbow flood fill so could create circles on top of the image.

Circles

curves and angels

winged with colour

flying high.

Art with rainbows

Black reflections,

illuminating and obscuring.

Circular arguments,

simple shapes

scriptural thoughts

saints and sinners,

seperated by glass.

Through the window

Posted on May 1, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Atmosphere, Blogging, Cafe, Environment, Fenton, Food, Life, Lunch, Stained glass, Stoke-on trent, Taste, Window2 Comments

Sitting in the Barnicle cafe, Fenton town hall, Stoke-on-Trent. I looked up and saw the ornamental cherry tree through the window and the stained glass above. The lights were on inside the cafe because the clouds were dark and low, but it was a pleasant place to have a lunch break. Cheese oatcakes and fruit loaf toast were our delicious meal. Sometimes a simple recipe can be as effective in sating your hunger as a complicated and over fancy meal. The friendly atmosphere and warm welcome made it even more pleasant.

House sparrows

Posted on January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Birds, Blogging, Design, Digital art, House sparrows, Stained glass2 Comments

We saw some house sparrows in a hedge today “little brown jobbies” as I heard someone call them.

They were perched above us as I pulled the car into a car park. I wanted to get my phone to take a picture but its was on the back seat and the handle was caught in the rear door.

I carefully got out of the car, quietly shut my door and dragged my bag out. I got the phone, it was switched off! Help I had to switch it on and wait for it to warm up. Then a quick look. Four of the sparrows were still there…..

Camera on, click, click, click, (I took three incase of camera shake). Used the zoom option which pixelated them a bit but it was better than trying to creep towards them.

So when I got home I checked what I got. Not bad. I liked all the twigs and branches criss crossing and protecting the birds.

I decided to use the rainbow flood fill option in sketcher to make the sky more interesting. Like stained glass.

In the meantime I have a bad sore throat and feel rough.

I might not be around for a few days.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Stained glass