Here on the West Coast of Canada you don’t often see medieval glass from England, and from Canterbury Cathedral no less. John worked on the restoration and preservation of Medieval stained and painted glass over the years from his time at James Clarke and Eaton, and also in our own little studio when we were still in England. We documented the months of careful cleaning and removal of liberal amounts of cement on a previous post, so today we’re very happy to show the finished windows installed into St. John’s Shaughnessy to celebrate their Centenary. The background has been painted to refract the light and recede slightly so that the jewel like quality of the medieval glass (centre section of each panel) is pushed forward. A pattern of strong painted line on hand made mouth blown glass from Germany, France and Poland, somewhat fragmented to match the fragmented pieces of Medieval glass. Plus some silver staining and a little bit of mimicking of Kelp glass in a few areas. John did some Kelp glass repaints decades ago and after some trial and error came up with a way to mimic the very deep almost reddish amber that the stain produces, although this originated in the mid 17th century we thought it gave a “tip of the hat” to glass production in centuries gone by.