PresidentHis Grace the Duke ofGrafton KG DLHon FRIBA FSA

ChairmanCaroline Benyon21 Priory RoadHamptonMiddlesex TW12 2NSchairman@bsmgp.org.uk

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AGBI Steward:Jane Campbell

CHAIRPERSONS OF

WORKING PARTIES:

Conservation:Stephen Clare

Constitution:John Watson

Events:Sue Ashworth

Finance and General:Tim Alston MBE

Registered Office:6 Queen SquareLondon WC1N 3ARRegistered inEngland and Wales173764

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F R O M T H E C H A I R M A N

The sad and sudden death of John Hayward necessitated the cancellation of his talk at theArt Workers Guild but I am pleased to announce that a lecture devoted to John will be

given by Caroline Swash and a few of his friends in November. John completed manycommissions in his lifetime, not all in stained glass, hence ‘the many things’ he wanted to talkabout; it will be an informative celebration of his life and work.

A Memorial Service for John Hayward will be held in Sherborne Abbey on 14 September at 4pm.

The summer exhibition for 2008 is being organized and it involves a number of membersworking tremendously hard and I would like to remind you that it is important to register withDebbie Lowe your intent to exhibit. You will then receive all the relevant information inparticular the date for delivering your panel. The catalogue can be compiled only once we haveall the information, so please note the instructions and complete the forms and return them intime.

2008 is certainly going to be a busy year as the Society is also organizing a 2-dayconference on ‘Aspects of 20th Century Glass’ to be held at the end of July in Glaziers Hall,Southwark, with speakers from Europe, USA and Britain. Detailed information will be includedin the next issue of the Newsletter and on the Web.

Our next event is the London City Walk re-run on Tuesday 18 September, to be followed on19 October by the autumn lecture to be given by Sarah Brown on ‘The judge, the traitor, hiswife and her lover: the medieval glass of Tewkesbury Abbey’. Children will need to beaccompanied by an adult! I look seeing you there.

Caroline Benyon

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Lecture 19 October: Sarah Brown ‘Thejudge, the traitor, his wife and her lover:the medieval glass of Tewkesbury Abbey’

Price including buffet supper: £14.50 (members) /£18 (non-members) /£9.50 (student members)/£11 (student non-members).Details/booking: Helen Robinson, 9 Ox Lane, Harpenden, HertsAL5 4HH; tel: 01582 764834; email: lectures@bsmgp.org.uk; ordownload online at www.bsmgp.org.uk.

A U T U M N E V E N T S

BSMGP members’exhibition 2008: 40 cm2

Following the tremendous success of our lastexhibition ‘30cm2’ in 2004 we shall befollowing the same formula but this timewith larger panels. Again we shall beexhibiting at the Cochrane Gallery inLondon and all members are invited tosubmit panels. Fellows and Associates willhave automatic entry whilst panels byOrdinary members will be selected.

If you are interested in taking part, youmay like to view the catalogue from the2004 exhibition on the society website;www.bsmgp.org.uk then go to Events thenExhibition. About 60 members took part onthat occasion and many made sales or newclient contacts – it really is an excellent andinexpensive way of showing your work in aLondon gallery for more than 4 months!

Whilst full details will be available in theautumn, for those keen to get started early,the site size of the frames will be 40 cm andthe absolute maximum thickness of work, 75mm. In order to allow time for advancepublicity, panels must be delivered to Londonin early March (date t.b.c.).It would be helpful if you could register

your interest ASAP with Deb Lowe, 554Burnley Rd, Knotts Grove, Todmorden, LancsOL14 8JF; email: info@deblowe-glass.co.uk

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Extra lecture: Friday 16 November 'Fifty years ofglass - among other things’ A celebration of the life andwork of John Hayward FMGP presented by CarolineSwash with other friends and colleagues

As members will know, John Hayward sadly died shortlybefore his planned lecture to the Society in June. Partly

through his own words written for that occasion his work will beremembered: ‘Although this talk is mainly about my fifty yearswith glass, the record would be incomplete without somereference to the “other things” made in other media. Togetherwith several architects sympathetic to the ideas of the “LiturgicalMovement” and a small group of craftsmen I spent a good dealof my time between the 1960s and 1980s designing and makingthe contents of whole interiors. Glass was one important elementamong others. Art was the handmaid of Liturgy.

Opportunities for making comprehensive schemes of glass arenow rare and commissions tend to be for single windows inchurches most commonly already filled with random 19thcentury glass. This has led to a tendency to regard churches asgalleries for the display of autonomous art works (oftenaccompanied by what Nigel Melhuish called “Delphicutterances”!) Stained glass is major when it acts in concert. It isthe whole interior that is the work of art.’

John Hayward: detail from Sherborne Abbey, side panel

AWG, 6.30 for 7 pm; price including buffet supper: £14.50 (members)/£18(non-members)/£9.50 (student members)/£11 (student non-members). Detailsand booking: Helen Robinson, 9 Ox Lane, Harpenden, Herts AL5 4HH; tel:01582 764834; email: lectures@bsmgp.org.uk.

R E V I E W S

Walks and talks

‘A beautiful day out in the Garden of England’ - Kentchurches with Keith Hill

After the wettest summer on record it seems hard toremember that glorious day in April when we basked in the

Kent sunshine, sipped an icy lager in the shade of wisteria andlater enjoyed a cream tea surrounded by tulips and birdsong …why do I always remember the food first? On this occasion,however, the windows we saw were equally memorable, indeedextraordinary to see so many of outstanding quality within sucha small area, perhaps no more than a 10-mile radius.

We started at Tudeley, rightly famed for its unique collection ofChagall glass. Whether this is your cup of tea or not (there’s thatfood again!), few can deny the mystical quality that itsshimmering blue gives to such a modest country church. Nextstop was Penshurst, a day out in its own right with themagnificent Penshurst Place to explore. Alas, we had to confineourselves to the church with some fine 17th century heraldic glassand windows by Holiday, Willement and, for me the highlight,Lawrence Lee: a masterly composition of figures and heraldicdevices. On then to Chiddingstone, a charming village with anequally charming pub for lunch. Another lovely church, glass byVeronica Whall, Kempe, Clayton & Bell and Hardman plus adelightful millennium panel by Nicola Kantorowitz. Finally, anunexpected treat: Edenbridge with glass by Morris & Co, C EMoore, Bryans and, the most recently added, a glorious newwindow by Caroline and Tony Benyon, its jewel colours glowingin the sun.

Huge thanks to Judy and Keith Hill for organizing the day andthanks to Kent for showing us its Darling Buds of … well, Aprilactually, as by May it was raining again!Helen Robinson

CONFERENCE:

ASPECTS OF 20TH CENTURY STAINED GLASS

This will be held on 31 July to 1 August 2008; details andregistration information will appear in the next Newsletter.

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Obituary noticeBSMGP Council is sad to inform members of the recent death ofMike Bayliss after a lengthy illness. Many members know Mikeand his wife Jane as familiar figures at our annual Conferences,and other events, and we will remember with particular fondnessand gratitude his role in the Aberdeen Conference, which he andJane were instumental in organizing.

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(below) John Hayward 1961: St Mary le Bow detail of Mary window;

(bottom) Christopher Webb detail: St Lawrence Church next to the Guildhall

London City walk with Caroline Swash

The City walk went ahead on the due date, 17 July, with thescheduled itinerary but sadly without John Hayward to lead

us. John had planned a talk with Tony Tucker, a member andspeaker for ‘The Friends of the City Churches’ and it was agreedthe BSMGP would join forces on the day, as this would facilitateentry into some of the buildings.

Caroline Swash had very kindly agreed to stand in and leadthe day in place of John, and with the sun shining benevolentlywe started at St Lawrence Church adjacent the Guildhall. TonyTucker introduced himself and spoke briefly about the history ofthe building which was Wren designed and rebuilt after its neardestruction during the Blitz in 1940. The baton was handed toCaroline who gave a good account of Webb and his style ofwork, in context with his contemporaries and influences. Eachwindows contains very finely painted figures with clear glasssurround letting in plenty of light, the style well suits the Wrenstyle reconstruction. As we were leaving the church we saw adelightfully drawn window commemorating the builders andcraftsmen who reconstructed the church after the war (photobelow right). Along its base was a row of quarries, depicting smallcameo paintings of a number of the city churches.

Our collective interest was aroused and we walked the shortdistance to St Mary le Bow. There we saw a powerful set ofwindows (1961) by John Hayward, his first major commission, and‘the work of a young, enthusiastic man’ he once told me. I find Iam astonished at John’s boldness in his use of the material andpaint and his intuitive understanding of the way light worksthrough glass and lead, creating surprisingly mature works for anartist of his age (he was then 32 years old). The windows areheavily painted and leaded, jewel like, particularly the window ofMary on the left side of the Chancel (photo right); she holdsminiature ‘Mary le Bow’ Church, painted on pink glass, and thesurround to the figure is a tour de force of architectural detailshowing the steeples of historic London. Often you can’t tellwhere paint ends and lead begins. It is a lot to take in. The faceof Mary has a look of tender care as she cradles the church andwatches over the City. In the West wall are two huge heraldicwindows and two roundels, again intensely leaded and painted.John also designed much of the interior furnishing of the church,including the great organ case. There is more of his work to beseen in the Crypt but that was not on the day’s schedule.

We next went to St Vedas, to see three east-facing windows byBrian Thomas, a celebration of his ‘Baroque’ experience, whichunderlies much of his work. Caroline Swash had known Brianpersonally and so was able to fill us in with humorous anecdoteson his character. The glass is colourful and the painting is rich,textural and strongly contrasting with little mid-tone, andexciting in its freedom. Peter Archer once commented that heloved painting for Brian (presumably at Whitefriars) as Brianwould encourage him to loosen up to get into his more dramaticpainterly style ... a refreshing change, I’m sure, from theprevailing post-Victorian manner of tightly controlled painting.

Then on to St Michael Paternoster Royal, to see windows byJohn Hayward again. Installed in 1968 several years after Mary LeBow, they have an immediate impact and are stunning andpowerful works. Colour and light blazes out and the lead andpainted lines are full of energy and movement. Devices such asstrong vertical and diagonal lines mark John’s work and help tocreate these effects. The theme of the three windows is aboutGood and Evil: a Madonna and serpent-stabbing Christ-child, StMichael defeating the Archangel, Adam and Eve with a fearfulsnake. In the south wall here is a window commemorating DickWhittington. The design shows Whittington against a backdrop ofgreen glass, alluding to his countryside roots, and above him is anarea rectangular pieces of busily painted architectural imagery,mostly in white tinted glass but with lots of stain, evoking thedense buildings of the City of London. These windows are full ofexuberance, fiery energy, and convey some feeling of the artist’spersonal joy in the act of creating, and his love of the medium.

Finally we arrived at St Mary Aldermary where we looked atworks designed by Martin Travers but executed and finished byLawrence Lee when Travers died. There are many interestingthings going on in the windows and Travers was quite prolific andhad considerable influence on developing trends. John Haywardcited Travers as someone who had influenced his own work. Toconclude the event, Friends of City Churches had organizedrefreshments, a light lunch was served with wine and coffee, andthere was time to mingle and discuss things we’d seen that day.Caroline and Tony offered their books on London Glass and Citychurches respectively, at discount prices. Our thanks go to Tonywho initially conceived and planned the event with JohnHayward, and also to Caroline who came in to rescue the day,and share her extensive knowledge of London glass with us.Andrew Taylor

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Central Saint Martins Show 2007

There was considerable concern last year over the state ofarchitectural art glass at the UK colleges. This concern

related to the standing of the art within the colleges themselves,with the loss of courses; the constant reduction of teaching hoursand the restrictions on the content of those courses thatremained; and the sudden drop in the standard of worksubmitted for the 2005 Stevens Competition.

This matters because it concerns the future of the craft itself,and the future of glass as a desirable creative medium. Withoutthe right blend of creativity and techniques, architectural artglass (which includes stained glass) could become merely a craftfair sideshow or a restoration and repair service.

A future for all of us in the craft, the education courses, theBSMGP and all the related suppliers and services, relies on thecommon knowledge that there are plenty of artists and designersaround of a high standard; and that there is fresh new, rigorousand innovative work being created not only by establishedpractitioners, but also by the young students who are the future.Without people of a high standard and motivation, there is nofuture for any of us, or the craft, or the art.

As long as clients have access to professional, creative peopleoffering a great variety of quality work, there will continue to becommissions. There must be a lively variety of style, vision,technique and approach available for the developers, architectsand designers who are anyway always on the lookout for newideas to enhance their projects. The money from these

Swansea Show 2007'The Degree Show of stained glass at Swansea has in recent yearsbeen transfered from its traditional home at the School of Art tothe new Maritime Quarters. The venue offers the student anattractive if limited display area with the advantage of exposureto a wider public via the stream of visitors in the museum foyer.Showcasing this year were Nicole Kallstrom, Lucy Hofton, Denise Hayes, Claire Walters, Trudy Barnes, Ray Collins and Lisa Burkle.Of high technical merit was the work of American student TrudyBarnes while Claire Walters’ long blue leaded and painted panelexhibited effectively the intrinsic qualities of the medium ofstained glass. Lucy Hofton’s ‘Orange Square’ panel, combiningwhite acid etching, enamels and applique, was well crafted whilethree panels by Denise Hayes caught the eye. However, therelationship between the stylized tree forms and the blue enamelof these works lacked cohesion. An interesting experiment wasNicole Kallstrom’s ‘Child in Blue’ panel which reproduced theeffect of a charcoal sketch by airbrush, but the drawing aspect ofthis work left much to be desired.

Tim Lewis

Panels by Denise Hayes (above); Trudy Barnes (below)

‘Orange Square’ panel by Lucy Hofton

Group photo: Left to right: John Edwards (Former lecturer), Denise Hayes.,Colwyn Morris (Former lecturer), Lucy Hofton,Claire Walters, Tim Lewis (Formerlecturer)

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Worshipful Company of GlaziersFor details of the Stevens Competition 2008, look on the websitein October: www.worshipfulglaziers.com.

Pearson’s Prize 2007See www.pearsonsprize.com for details. Entry deadline: 21 September.

Bombay Sapphire Prize 2008See www.bombaysapphireprize.com for details of this annualinternational £20 000 award. Entry deadline: 31 October.

Warm Glass Prize 2008See www.warmglassprize.com for details. Entry deadline: 31 December.

Queen Elizabeth ScholarshipsThese scholarships range from £2000 to £15 000 to fund aperiod of study. For details see www.qest.org.uk. Completedapplication forms for Spring 2008 must be received by 11 January 2008.

Creative Glass Center 2008 FellowshipsThe Creative Glass Center of America at WheatonArts is offering12 Fellowships for 2008; for details see their website.

AGG 2007 Conference, Providence, R. I., USA

Students, novices, practitioners, designers, glass painters,consultants, and all ten of the AGG’s Senior Advisory Board

(including Crosby Willet, Jack Cushen, Jean-Jacques Duval, CharlesZ. Lawrence Rowan LeCompte, Dick Millard, Sylvia Nicolas, NickParrendo, Robert Pinart, and Patrick Reyntiens) , representing 566years in stained glass art, met in New England from July 25 to29, 2007 for a splendid succession of events, interspersed withshared meals and local tours of glass art installations.

Unlike ‘trade shows’ featuring introductory training sessionsand product sales, this unique gathering of over 110 glass art folkswas more of an intense retreat, saturated with moderated panels,roundtable discussions, slide presentations, informational sessionson studio safety, cash flow analysis, lighting problems/ solutions,acid etching, and stonework traceries, an abundance of personalinteraction, book sales and signings, as well as a lively auction tobenefit the AGG Scholarship and Education Fund.

Attendees traveled from all across the US as well as from theUK and Europe. Feedback indicates that positive response to this,the AGG’s second annual conference, is overwhelming. Oneperson, making the trip from Paris, said, it was ‘truly astoundingto meet face to face and heart to heart with such present,brilliant, and sincere people’.

To learn more about the AGG, visit their website:www.americanglassguild.org.

E X H I B I T I O N S

commissions funds everything. If potential clients see only tiredreproductions, impenetrable concepts or technical ineptitude, theywill go elsewhere, commission a tapestry instead, and stay away.

It was therefore a great pleasure, and a not unexpected relief, tosee the Central Saint Martins Glass and Architecture show, at theend of the 1-year postgraduate course. There was everyindication of a return to proper standards from all the workpresented for the Stevens Competition, and this prediction wasjustified by the high standard of work on show at Central’sCochrane Gallery. Successful architectural art glass requires somuch more than a creative idea. The idea has to becommunicated to a client, who may turn out to be a series ofcommittees rather than one kindly vicar; and the artwork mayalso have to form part of the envelope of a sophisticated buildingsystem.

The students at Central had really got to grips with all of this,a remarkable achievement in a 1-year part-time course. Theirwork showed imagination and the extraordinary variety of whatis possible in glass, yet managed to convey the ideas clearly.Their worked displayed a good understanding of glass, visuallyand technically, and was most importantly geared toward beingmade. These were ideas that were meant to be executed, to beput in a building, to be commissioned – something a great dealharder to do than unusable concept pieces, superficially funthough those might be to create.

With this brief overview of the show I wanted to get across therealities – exciting and challenging realities, not the tedious type– that we face. I wanted to relate these realities to the workproduced by the students, as students who actually wish to designglass for an architectural context, as opposed to students having ayear off at playschool.

I don’t really want to single anyone out by name, as they allproduced work of merit, and found the beginnings of anindividual language that they now have every chance to turninto real work. But there was a real feeling this year that theywanted to actually get their work out there, to sell their ideas,and communicate outwards to the world. The attempt to look tothe client, to want to be seen, was shown by the clear graphicdesign at the show. The beginnings of attempts to be proactive,and go out and propose commissions to potential clients, wascommendable. This is great stuff, and I am sure we will be hearingmore of them as we compete with them in the future. And themore good work that is produced, the more opportunities it willcreate, for all of us.

Harry Cardross

RE MARGARET CHILTON Further to the article in the latest Journal(Scotland Issue Vol. XXX), the following addition can be made:

1927: Christ Church, South Nutfield, Surrey; 2-light, Chancelsouth. Robert Eberhard

RE RUBBING STICKS FOR ARTISTS As stained glass conservators weconstantly require rubbing sticks to enable us to take tworubbings of each ecclesiastical window that we are restoring, withthe cessation of production at Calder Colours rubbing waxsupplies have run dry. I have now sourced the last remainingsupply in the UK. Contact: White Winds Brass Rubbing, GrianllynFarm, Chapel street, Mochdre, Colwyn Bay, Conwy LL28 5BB; tel01492 544141. They sell in any quantity black rubbing sticks ofexcellent quality. Cliff Durant

Until 28 September the Cochrane Gallery in SouthamptonRow, London is showing the exhibition 'Dark illumine', in

which Kathy Shaw AMGP and Tim Cunliffe revisit Milton’s‘Paradise Lost’ (details: www.cochranetheatre.co.uk). Meanwhile atSt Pancras Crypt in Euston, for 1 week only from 27 Septemberto 3 October, six graduates from the London Institute will beshowcasing their work in the exhibition ‘Silica quod carbon’. Thevenue is an atmospheric Grade 1 listed building and theexhibition is accompanied by a special event for associates,collectors and curators on the evening of 27 September. Detailsfrom Sarah McCarthy (sarah@glassandlight.co.uk; 07793 814738).

In Scotland, the Scottish Glass Society’s 28th annual exhibitionin Glasgow’s Lillie Gallery runs until 26 September, and featuresover 35 selected Scottish glass artists. (For details tel: 0141 5788847; email: Hildegarde.Berwick@eastdunbarton.gov.uk.)

Further afield, at Morovska Galerie, Brno in the CzechRepublic, the exhibition, 'Czech and Slovak glass in exile', whichhas been mounted in association with the University ofSunderland and the British Institute, includes the work of JaroslavMykisa and Angela Thwaites. It runs until the 6th of January(details: morovska-gallerie.cz).

AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS

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S O C I E T Y O F M A S T E R G L A S S PA I N T E R S , 16 J U N E 2 0 0 7

Present: Mike Davis, Paul San Casciani, Keith New, Paul Lucky, DouglasHogg, Adelle Corrin, Sue Ashworth, Mel Howse, Derek Hunt, Tony

Benyon, Deborah Lowe, John Lawson, Geoffrey Robinson and Andrew Taylor.Apologies for absence had been received from: Chris Wyard, Caroline Swash,Beverley Shore Bennett, Kuni Kajiwara, Helen Robinson, Alfred Fisher andJane Campbell, Shona McInnes.

The minutes of the previous AGM, which had been circulated to allmembers, were accepted and there were no matters arising. The Chairmanthen read out the Chairman’s report, the AGBI report and the Secretary’sreport.

The meeting began with a few moments silence for John Hayward, Fellowof the Society who died at the end of May.

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT I am delighted to say that the new website wasactivated at the start of the year and I no longer have to keep saying that itis ‘about to go live’. The additional feature to the site is the Forum enablingmembers to post queries and answers with images, which I have always feltessential for such a visual society as ours. Members were each issued with apassword for access to the Forum and I do hope that as time passes we willfind it quite natural to use these facilities.

The separate website headings include Events, Adverts, General Discussionsand Conservation and it also greatly helps the Society that subscriptions andother purchases can now be paid by credit/debit card via PayPal on the webor by standing order through your Bank.

Sue Ashworth organized another year of excellent events and lectureswhich began with three different speakers talking about the life and times ofAlan Younger. It was an informative and amusing evening greatly enjoyed byhis family.

It was also the year of the biennial Christmas Event and due to JaneCampbell’s hard work we raised over a £1000 for the Artists’ GeneralBenevolent Institution. The entertaining pre-dinner talk by Peter Gibsoncombined with David Martin’s champagne cocktails put us all in theChristmas spirit. Jane has served her 3-year term of office as AGBI Stewardon behalf of the Society and I would like to thank her for her hard workraising so much money for such a good cause.

The spring lecture on ‘Contemporary stained glass artists and how towrite a book about them’ was delivered by Kate Baden Fuller and it wasgreatly appreciated by a packed audience. We were all looking forward to thefinal lecture of our year due to have been delivered by John Hayward, arenowned stained glass artist and highly respected Fellow of the Society, whosadly died, suddenly, at the end of May; our condolences go to his wife anddaughter. John has recently been more involved with the Society, attendingthe Exeter conference, contributing to the Journal, and acting as a guide onvarious walks in Dorset and the City of London.

Members who have attended lectures for many years at the Art WorkersGuild will have all appreciated the efficiency of John Kopecky serving sodiligently from behind the bar. John has decided to retire and enjoy thelectures in full without having to disappear before the end to man the bar.We thank him for his hard work and wish him well.

Andrew Taylor organized a year of walks starting with Joe Nuttgens lastyear at his studio at Piggots Hill where his father, Edward, worked for manyyears and this was followed on a sunny April morning this year for a Kentwalk with Keith Hill as guide, starting with the Chagall glass at Tudeley andincluding Lawrence Lee’s window at Penshurst and much more. Both wellattended walks and talks were greatly appreciated by those who attended.John Hayward was, of course, due to act as our guide in the City of Londonin July.

The summer weekend conference took place in Manchester with PennyHegbin-Barnes, Dr David O’Connor, Neil Moat and Wendy and BarrieArmstrong who guided us through medieval, 19th C glass and Arts andCrafts glass, it was a thoroughly enjoyable weekend and the facilities wereexcellent. The fireworks, wedding, sofas and armchairs in the bar were thevery antithesis of the dark remembered hills of Malvern.

The Hon. Journal Editor, Sandra Coley, provided another excellent themedJournal this year on Scottish stained glass and I would like to thank theWorshipful Company of Glaziers for the grant they awarded us againtowards the publication of this volume.

Michael Peover, our Hon. Librarian, has decided to retire this year. Hecontributed to the great success of the Soane issue of the Journal andlectured to us at the Art Workers on the stained glass held at the Sir JohnSoane Museum and he has been responsible for expanding the library theover recent years and for negotiating its move to the Society of Antiquaries,adjacent to the Royal Academy. I hope I do not tempt fate by saying howgrateful we are the library is now prestigiously and safely housed and Iwould like to thank Michael for the work he has done of behalf of us all. Iam pleased to announce that, by a unanimous vote by the Hon. Fellows andFellows, Michael has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Society.

On behalf of the Society I would like to thank Council and othermembers who have worked hard behind the scenes and helped with events inorder that we can have such a varied programme throughout the year.

A special thank you must go to Chris Wyard, Hon. Secretary andNewsletter Editor for the work she does throughout the year and for thegreat distances she travels on our behalf.

I read this out on behalf of Jane Campbell:

AGBI STEWARD’S REPORT On behalf of The Artists’ General BenevolentInstitution and the BSMGP I wish to thank everyone who has contributed insome way to the raising of the BSMGP’s AGBI Donation April 2006–April2007 of £1973.56.

This year it was achieved through the BSMGP’s AGBI Christmas Dinnerand Christmas Raffle, Christmas card sales, donations given with your annualsubscriptions (thank you for the gift aid forms returned which have beensent to Head Office), and private donations.

It was an amazing response from members, students, colleagues, associates,families and friends.

A special thank you also goes to the donors of the prizes for the AGBIChristmas Raffle to make it such a success – which were itemized in theBSMGP Newsletter March issue.

Many thanks, Jane Campbell, AGBI Steward 06/07.

SECRETARY’S REPORT Membership: 38 new members have joined so far in2007, which compares with a total of 30 in the same period last year – i.e.significantly up despite an increase in subscriptions this year. This brings thecurrent membership total on the database register, as of 11 June 2007, to 549(507 + 42 libraries), of which 468 (431 + 37) are paid up, and 81 (76 + 5)have not yet paid for 2007. A further 99 (98 + 1 library) members have notpaid for 2006 or 2007 and have now been moved to the lapsed memberslist, giving a total of 648 (605 + 43 libraries) on the register. This is notnoticeably different from the pattern at the same point last year (total paid-up members in mid June 06 was 469).

Analysing all the database records, we found that we have the followingnumbers of people in the different membership categories: 27 Fellows (1lapsed); 51 Associates (4 lapsed); 4 Craft Associates; 6 Hon. Fellows; 517Ordinary members (93 lapsed). (Ordinary members include 39 Ordinaryoverseas members, and 25 joint members.) There are also currently 36Student members, 97 Senior members in all categories (including senior ord.members, senior Fellows and senior Associates), and 43 Institutional members(1 lapsed).

A breakdown of members’ interests and areas of specialization reveals thatwe have: 345 professional stained glass designers /makers; 26 conservators /restorers (not included in above category); 46 historians; 23 church recorders/ DAC advisors; 23 other specialist categories (architects, sellers,photographers etc.); 51 amateur craft workers; 18 with a general interest; and73 who prefer not to declare their interest.

The geographical locations of members are: 502 in England, 34 inScotland, 28 in Wales, 8 in Northern Ireland, and 3 in the Channel Isles.Overseas members include 26 throughout Europe, 33 in the USA andCanada, 9 in Australia and NZ, and finally 5 in Asia.

Income: Membership income for 2007 is, to date: 10 877.52 banked +1506.50 received from standing orders (40 + 1350.50 received onlinethrough Paypal (34); added to a further income of 179 Euros andapproximately 275 Dollars, this gives a total subscription income ofapproximately £14 000 so far this year. (This is slightly up on 2006 as atthis point last year the membership income stood at about £13 300.)

Other income received by the Secretary in 2007 includes: £105 in fees forNewsletter flyers; £347 in cheques sent for Journal sales, plus a further £337received online – a total of £789.

Website: The new website went live between last Christmas and the NewYear; the online statistics for the year to date reveal a consistent pattern ofusage for the first 6 months of its operation. This is a rough summary of theactivity:

Each month there are between 2 and 21/2 thousand visitors, each of whomviews 5 to 6 pages; this is a total of between 111/2 and 161/2 thousand pagesviewed monthly. Between 65 and 75% of these are new visits to the site.

Seventy to 75% of people find the site through a search engine such asGoogle, from typing in ‘stained glass’ or the society’s name as keywords.About another 20% find us through links from other sites, and the restenter the site by typing in the web address.

When they enter the site, people visit the different areas in the followingproportions (the exact figures vary from month to month):– A clear majority (35–50%) are looking up artists (portfolios).– Another 10–15% of people are looking for details of membership.– 6–14% of people are seeking information on various types of events.– The Resources section, including the Forum and the Suppliers’ Directory, is visited by another 5–15% of people.– Other sections (publications, library, education) were visited by 3–6% each.

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REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION

May I introduce myself as the BSMGP’s new Hon. Librarian? Itook over in June from Dr Michael Peover, who has given

the Society his devoted attention over the past ten years, and willbe a hard act to follow. Michael's achievements included seeingour books safely into the care of the Society of Antiquaries ofLondon at Burlington House from their former home with theNational Monuments Record, after the NMR took its Londonmaterial away to Swindon. Since the Antiquaries allow us accessto their own magnificent collection and the splendid library inwhich it is housed, and have incorporated our books into theirown online catalogue, it would be hard to think of a better placeto keep them. We enjoy the further advantage of knowing thatthe Antiquaries will themselves be on the lookout for books ofbroad historical interest that we should otherwise have needed topurchase ourselves, so that we can concentrate on acquiringbooks of particular concern to society members, such as those oncontemporary glass. Two recent acquisitions in this category areGlass and Print by Kevin Petrie, in A & C Black's Glass Handbookseries, exploring methods in which contemporary printingtechniques can be applied to glass; and Contemporary Stained GlassArtists: a Selection of Artists Worldwide, a lavishly illustrated volumecompiled by Kate Baden Fuller.

Geoffrey Lane, Hon Librarian (librarian@bsmgp.org.uk; tel: 01869-349052)

WINDOW AT LANGDON COURT I am writing a book on the historyof Langdon Court, a saxon Manor house in south Devon. In thehouse is a stained glass window (right) whose date is not knownfor sure but possibly 1800s.The style is later than the subject,which is a picture of a man and woman in Elizabethan costume.The man has been variously thought to be Drake, Raleigh orCourtenay but the whole could be just an imaginary piece, atrade sample, an apprentice piece or a copy of a painting. Thebuilding behind is not known. The whole has been very wellmade with attention to detail. The bags might be hawking pursesbut while the lady's is a drawstring the man's appears rathermore unusual. Any thoughts anyone may have about the windowwould be much appreciated and recognised in the book. Contact:Robin Blythe-Lord, Camelot, Amacre Drive, Hooe Plymouth PL9 9RJ; tel:01752 403321; website: www.ateliers.demon.co.uk.

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TEXAS WINDOW I inherited this stained glass window (below) frommy grandparents; it was purchased from an antiques dealer inDallas in the 1960s, who had bought it in London just after WorldWar 2 and kept it crated in his warehouse. He told us it had beenin a prestigious boys boarding school near St Paul's that wasdestroyed during the Blitz. The window features panels from eachEnglish county and colony from all over the empire representingthe home areas of boys attending the school. Only the top thirdof the window survived the Luftwaffe attack, a portion roughly 11ft tall x 8 ft wide with an additional single panel that survivedfor Wales. If it helps to datethe window, Barbados isspelled as 'Barbadoes' on onepanel; another is from acolony called Maritius whichthe British took over in 1810.Could anyone help identifyor date it?Contact: Wolfe Wilder,99 Rolling HillsDrive West,Conroe, Texas77304; tel:936-856-2764.

There are now a total of 483 members registered on the Members’ onlineforum.

A fifth section was added to this section of the society website in May –a Conservation section, which is being overseen by Steve Clare. A shortarticle on how to use the Forum and online facilities was included in theJune Newsletter, for the benefit of anyone who might be unsure how to goabout this.

Looking at the figures on the level of use of new membership andpayment facilities to date reveals that there have been:– 15 standing orders set up for 2007, and about the same number for 2008;– 31 memberships paid online (16 new + 15 renewals);– a total of 17 publications sold online;– a net total of £2919.22 has been taken through Paypal so far, the majorityin subscriptions (approx. £1350), plus another £343 in sales of publications,£892 in other Journal transactions, and £333 for events.

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS The accounts for the year ending 31 December 2006were distributed at the meeting (copies available on request from theSecretary). The Chairman then asked the meeting for approval to sign theaccounts, and the meeting approved the accounts as submitted.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS General Councilrecommended for approval by the AGM the re-appointment of the followingOfficers and Council members, who were due to retire at the AGM: SueAshworth as Chairman of the Events Committee, and Council members:Adelle Corrin, Derek Hunt, Helen Robinson and Andrew Taylor. They werewilling to serve a further term and were re-elected unopposed.

General Council further recommended the appointment of Geoffrey Laneas Hon. Librarian, (proposed C. Benyon, seconded Tony Benyon). CarolineBenyon proposed and Mike Davis seconded the appointment of JohnKopecky as a Council member. The meeting approved both appointments.

This concluded the official business of the AGM.

INFORMATION ON TOM FAIRS Charles Lewsen wishes to tracestained glass by his late brother-in-law, Tom Fairs, whose CVmentions work at St Hugh's Church, Hare Street, Buntingford,Cambs [in fact Herts); Ancrum Church, Roxburghshire; Conventof the Sacred Heart, Buntingford; Our Lady of the WaysideChurch, Shirley, Birmingham; the Commonwealth Institute,London; and Hotel President, Holborn; also 'Arts CouncilTravelling Exhibitions', 'Holburn College of Law, Languages andCommerce, London' and 'Officers Club, Bahrain'. If anyone knowsof other buildings to which Tom contributed, or has any pictures

(those in the Arts Council cataloguesare in black and white only) or anyother material, documentary orvisual on Tom's work in glass, MrLewsen would be happy to pay forany photos. Contact:charles.lewsen@btinternet.com.

WINDOW AT ELY The SGM staff aretrying to identify the panel left,which has been tentatively attributedto E Liddall Armitage. If anyonerecognizes it please contact theCurator Susan Mathews (tel: 01353660347; website:www.stainedglassmuseum.com).

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EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

CAMBRIDGE, CHILFORD HALL VINEYARD 30 September Cambridge Glass Fair,showcasing the work of Dartington designer Frank Thrower. 10.30 am-4 pm.Admission : £5. Details: www.cambridgeglassfair.com.

CAMBRIDGE 27–28 October Kempe Centenary Weekend organized by the VictorianSociety . Further information on the website: www.victoriansociety.org.uk.

CORNWALL, EDEN PROJECT 28–30 Sept ‘Looking into glass’, CGG-sponsoredconference. Book by 20 Sept. Details: www.edenproject.com/www.cgs.org.uk.

CORNWALL, LAURELIN GALLERY 28 Sept–12 Oct ‘Beyond blown glass’ exhibition ofleading UK glass engravers. Details tel: 01566 880122; email:info@pottermorganglass.com; website: www.pottermorganglass.com

CORNWALL, PLUMBLINE GALLERY, ST IVES Until 29 Sept Mixed exhibition, Mon–Sat10.30 am–5.30 pm. Details tel: 01736 797771; website: www.plumblinegallery.com.

CORNWALL, SALT GALLERY, HAYLE Until 13 November Exhibition by Gayle Matthiasand Diana Hobson. Details tel: 01736 753356; email: thesaltgallery.com.

DEVON, DELAMORE GALLERY 29 Sept–31 Oct ‘Peter Layton and friends – celebrating30 years of London Glassblowing’, 10 am–5.30 pm daily. Delamore Gallery,Cornwood, Ivybridge, PL21 9QT; tel: 01752 837711; email: admin@delamore.com.

DEVON, DEVON GUILD OF CRAFTSMEN GALLERY 22 Sept–4 Nov ‘Side by side’,international exhibition of contemporary glass. 1 am-5.30 pm daily.15 Oct Talk by Colin Reid, 6.30 pm, cost £6. Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, DevonTQ13 9AF; tel: 01626 832223; email: rachel.mackie@crafts.org.uk; website:www.crafts.org.uk

EDINBURGH, CITY ART CENTRE Until 23 September ‘Hand, Heart and Soul’, exhibitionon The Arts and Crafts movement in Scotland. For further information contact:David Patterson, Curator of Fine Art, on 0131 529 3575 or email Miranda Appleby,Exhibition Coordinator on cac.enquiries@edinburgh.gov.uk.

ELY, STAINED GLASS MUSEUM Until 30 October 'Faces reappearing', exhibition byMark Angus.Entrance to Cathedral £3.50 adults, £2.50 children/students & concessions.Exhibitions free but joint admission ticket to museum with the Cathedral is£8/6.50. Open Mon–Fri 10.30 am–5 pm, Sat 10.30–5.30, Sun 12 noon–6 pm.Details tel: 01353 660347; email: admin@stainedglassmuseum.com; website:www.stainedglassmuseum.com.

GLASGOW, LILLIE ART GALLERY Until 26 Sept Scottish Glass Society 28th annualexhibition, featuring over 35 selected Scottish glass artists. Station Road, Milngavie,G62 8BZ: tel: 0141 578 8847; email: Hildegarde.Berwick@eastdunbarton.gov.uk;website: www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk.

GLOS, PREMA ARTS CENTRE Until 20 Oct Contemporary glasswork by FiazElson.Prema Arts Centre, Uley; tel: 01453 860703; email: info@prema.demon.co.uk;website: www.prema.demon.co.uk.

HARLOW, PARNDON MILL GALLERY Until 11 Nov ‘Glashaus II’, glassworks by SouthEast glass artists. Details: www.parndonmill.co.uk.

LONDON 19–23 September ‘Liquid Projects at Designersblock 2007’, exhibition usingrecycled glass. Details: rory@designersblock.org.uk /info@mattdurran.com.

LONDON, AWG 17–19 November Victorian Society Bodley Study Weekend. Furtherinformation on the Victorian Society website: www.victoriansociety.org.uk/events.

LONDON, COCHRANE GALLERY Until 28 Sept 'Dark illumine', exhibition by KathyShaw and Tim Cunliffe. Southampton Row, Holborn WC1B 4AP; tel: 0207; website:www.cochranetheatre.co.uk.

LONDON, ST PANCRAS CRYPT 28 Sept–3 Oct 'Silica quod carbon', exhibition by 6graduates from the London Institute. Details: Sarah McCarthy tel: 07793 814738;email sarah@glassandlight.co.uk.

LONDON,V & A 1 November–17 February 2008 An exhibition of the raresurviving drawings by Bodley, Garner and their office, and related works by Morris,Kempe, Comper and other associates of Bodley. Details: www.vam.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER, CITY ART GALLERY 27–28 October 2-day seminar on European 20thC glass. Details: www.glassassociation.org.uk or e-mail pay@glassassociation.org.uk.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 22 September Kempe and Bodley in Nottinghamshire: CentenaryTour (iii). Tickets £25 from CCT. Details: www.visitchurches.org.uk, email:events@tcct.org.uk; tel: 020 7213 0680.

CZECH REPUBLIC, MOROVSKA GALLERY BRNO Until 6 Jan ‘Glass in exile’ exhibition.Details on website: www.morovska-gallerie.cz.

DENMARK, GLASMUSEET EBELTOFT Until 28 Nov ‘Young glass 2007’, internationalexhibition of 64 young glassmakers. Details: Website : www.glasmuseet.dk.

SWITZERLAND, ROMONT MUSEUM Until 18 November “Chagall: le vitrail’ Details tel:(+41) 26 652 1095; email: info@vitromusee.ch; website: wwwvitromusee.ch

COURSES

CAITHNESS, NORTHLANDS CREATIVE GLASS International masterclasses and conference.Details: Lorna Macmillan tel: 01593 721229; email: info@northlandsglass.com; website:www.northlandsglass.com.

CORNWALL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FALMOUTH 19–21 Sept Pate de verre workshop withGayle Matthias.24–27 Sept 4-day masterclass in fusing, casting and pate de verre with Jan Hein vanStiphoutThe Design Centre, Tremough Campus, Penryn TR10 9E; tel: 01326 370756; email:vic.brotherhood@falmouth.ac.uk; website: www.falmouth.ac.uk

DEVON, PLYMOUTH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN 22–25 Oct ‘Looking into a world offlameworked and sandcast glass’, workshop. Tavistock Place, Plymouth PL4 8AT; tel:01752 203460; email: smacgillivray@pcad.ac.uk; website: www.pcad.ac.uk

ELY, STAINED GLASS MUSEUM 20 October, 17 November 1-day glass paintingworkshops with Pippa Blackwell; £70/day 24 November 1-day glass fusing workshop with Christine MacCormick £70 Also 1-day glazing/leading, 3-day painting workshops; dates t.b.a.Details tel: 01353 660347; email: admin@stainedglassmuseum.com; website:www.stainedglassmuseum.com.

KENT/SUSSSEX Stained glass beginners’ courses with Stoney Parsons. The GlassStudio, Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9JS; tel: 01892 750099; email:stoney@stoneyparsons.co.uk; website: www.stoneyparsons.co.uk.

LONDON, RICHMOND SCHOOL OF ART From 12 Sept Autumn weekly courses:beginners, intermediate, gilding, kiln forming, pate de verre, sandblasting, screenprinting and enamelling, core casting. Enrol online at: www.racc.ac.uk, or tel:02088915907 or email: jera.may@racc.ac.uk.

LONDON, MORLEY COLLEGE WATERLOO Beginner, intermediate and advanced glassengraving courses. Details: tel: 020 7450 1889; website: www.morleycollege.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER STAINED GLASS Beginners and continuation classes instained glass and fusing. Details: Lorna Tittle, tel: 0161 232 1238; email:classes@manchesterstainedglass.co.uk; website: www.manchesterstainedglass.co.uk.

OXFORD Short courses in traditional leadwork/copper foiling, painting with Paul SanCasciani FMGP. Details tel/fax: 01865 727529; email: paulsancasciani@hotmail.com.

STROUD, COLIN REID STUDIOS 31 Oct–4 Nov Kilncast glass workshop with Colin Reid.New Mills, Slad Rd, Stroud, Glos GL5 1RN; tel: 07935 762068; email:kilncastingcourse@yahoo.co.uk; website: www.colinreidglass.co.uk

SUNDERLAND, NATIONAL GLASS CENTRE Stained glass courses – beginners andcertificate – in glass engraving, hot glass, kilnforming, lampwork, jewellery. Details:NGC, Sunderland SR6 0GL; tel: 0191 515 5555; email: info@nationalglasscentre.com.

SUSSEX, WEST DEAN COLLEGE Leading, engraving, mosaics, glass painting:28–30 Sept Creating shadows and colour with polish for drill engravers with TraceySheppard30 Sept–4 Oct Glass fusing workshop – painting with light with Julia Webster5–7 Oct Getting started with mosaics with Jo Letchford12–15 Oct, 7–9 Dec Intricate surfaces – creating colour and texture with kiln-formed glass with Alex Robinson19–21 Oct Stained glass for beginners – a contemporary approach with Mel HowseAMGP25–28 Oct Mosaics with glass with Jo Letchford and Stoney Parsons11–15 Nov Making decorative glass bowls and dishes with Julia Webster30 Nov–2 Dec Glass engraving for beginners with Tracey Sheppard14–17 Dec Colour, line and light – an introduction to stained glass with HelenRobinson AMGPFor information/bookings tel: 01243 811301; email: short.courses@westdean.org.uk.

WILTSHIRE, LIQUID GLASS CENTRE 17–21 Sept Fluid frontiers: multi-technique glasscourse. Stowford Manor Farm, Wingfirl BA14 9LH; tel: 01225 768888; email:info@liquidglasscentre.com; website: www.liquidglasscentre.com.

Every effort is taken to ensure the accuracy of the information in the Newsletter, but the BSMGPcannot accept any liability for loss or damage of any kind that may arise from any errors. Opinionsexpressed are those of the individual contributors, and are not necessarily endorsed by the BSMGP.

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POSITION WANTED Position in UK stained glass studio sought by Piotr Kowalczyk,who has several years’ experience working as an apprentice / craftsman in stainedglass studios in Poland. Contact address: Conrad Road 74, Witham CM8 2QL, Essex,UK; tel: 07928313174; email: ppkowal@tlen.pl.

STUDIO CLOSING SALE Ginger Ferrell is closing her studio. Items for sale include akiln, fume extractor, glass. Contact: 07956 310 616; email: Ginger_too@msn.com.

CALL FOR PRESENTATION PROPOSALS Presentation proposals are invited for the GlassArt Society 39th Annual Conference, Corning, NY, 11 to 14 June 2009. Downloadand fill out the presentation proposal form found on the website at:http://www.glassart.org/corning_2009.html, submission deadline: 1 December 2007.

CALL FOR PRESENTATION OF ABSTRACTS TO GLASS SCIENCE IN ART AND CONSERVATION

2008 GLASSAC 2008 will take place 5 to 7 March at Valencia University, Spain.Coinciding with it will be a glass exhibition by Carlos Muñoz de Pablos:, one of thebest contemporary Spanish glass masters. More details can be found on the websitewww.uv.es/glassac. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 October.