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Summer is here, and new projects are on the go.

Sam has finished the sandblasted mirrored plaque for the NHS Staffordshire Cancer Care Centre. They liked it so much they ordered two more! They do look good, you can see photos in the sandblasted gallery.

The double gazing department has been very busy all summer, and well done to Mike, who is going to be a dad in the New Year. Congratulations!

I got the opportunity to paint a gorgeous little woodpecker (greater spotted), commissioned in a leaded light due them being frequent visitors in the customers garden. I do love little birds in stained glass; they give a lovely traditional feel and are a good way of getting lots of detail in a small window. We have put a photo in the gallery.

We have got some exiting commissions on the go at the moment, my favourite being a heavily stained small glass window in a very old church.

And Sam and his brother has been very busy with light bulbs!! Look in the fused glass gallery to see the result.

Well it's been ages since my last post, the painted lady got finished off and was installed in to her new home, there are some photos somewhere that I'll put up when I find them.

We've been lucky enough to take on a couple of interesting commissions in the past week.

The first one is a glass plaque for the opening of the new Staffordshire Cancer Centre, it's going to be a snazzy little number in mirror and sandblasted glass. A senior member of our team has been battleing cancer for the best part of this year and is now in remission, so we know how important it is that sufferers get the best treatment possible. It's an honour to be asked to do this for them, I just hope they like what we've made for them!

We've also been asked to make some new stained glass for a mystery palace somewhere down south (we're not allowed to reveal the actual name - bah!) they've got a few handpainted sections, which Becky is working on as we speak. Lucky her - the kiln room is the only warm part of our building at this time of year!

Watch this space for pics........

Hello,
Welcome to our blog, we're going to try and update as often as we can and show you some of the things we are creating.

We're proud of the things we make everyday, and we never get a chance to document them properly or show off a bit,so heres our chance.

First off in the design department, Becky's been working on a private commission for a handpainted Art Deco style panel, it's quite a time consuming process as each individual colour needs to be kiln fired seperatley and some colours need more than one coat to acheive the desired effect. The rest of the panel is made of various different textured glasses with clear rondels and a blue water-glass border.

She's been working on it for over a month and it's nearly finished now. It just needs leading up, a polish and it'll be ready to fit in to it's new home. Watch this space for the finished peice!

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We are going to use this blog to write about our projects and goings on at Modern Glass.

Come back soon, we are going to update it as often as we get the chance.