The Worshipful Company of Glaziers & Painters of Glass is one of the City of London’s medieval livery companies, or craft guilds.
The Glaziers’ Company dates to the 1300’s. It was incorporated by Royal Charter and granted Livery in 1638.
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In 2022 Natasha became the first recipient of the Lever Award which provided 30 weeks of training with Master Glass workers internationally. She visited workshops around the UK, Europe, Egypt, Argentina and Brazil where she was introduced to various techniques such as: designing stained glass, taking sizes & templates on site, setting out, cartooning/cut-lining, selection of glass, cutting, painting, staining, enamelling, leading, glazing, fixing, history of stained glass, acid etching, silk screen printing, photoresist, fusing, engraving, lamination, sandblasting, restoration/conservation techniques,
architectural design & gypsum carving.
Many thanks to the following artists, craftspeople and organisations who generously gave their time and expertise & to the Worshipful Company of Glaziers & Painters of Glass who made this possible.
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ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
HELDER VIANA, LUIDI LUIZA VITRAIS
EGYPT
MOHAMED EL DEEB & NOHA EL QAHWAGY from JAMEEL HOUSE IN CAIRO which works with THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE EGYPT & THE KINGS FOUNDATION SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTS, ADAM WILLIAMSON & RICHARD HENRY from THE ART OF ISLAMIC PATTERN. NAZIR TANBOULI,
ENGLAND
TOMAS DENNY, PIPPA STACEY, PATRICK COSTELLO, HENRY BIRD, KATHERINE DOWSON, AURAVISIONS, KATHERINE COLEMAN, PROTOGLASS, ANDREW TAYLOR, MICHAEL VINCENT, JONATHAN COOKE, JONATHAN SOPER, MARIA ZULUETA, BSMGP, HALT GLASS,
FERNANDO CORTEZ PIZANO. BARBARA SMITH.
GERMANY
LAMBERTS, DERIX, PETERS STUDIO, LICHTBLICK
IRELAND
ITALY
MARIO BERTA BATTILORO, MATTEO SEGUSO, SIMON CENEDESE
NETHERLANDS
SCOTLAND
DOUGLAS HOGG, KATE HENDERSON, ALISON KINNAIRD
WALES
OWEN LUETCHFORD, STACEY POULTNEY, UNIVERSITY OF WALES TRINITY SAINT DAVID'S ARCHITECTURAL GLASS DEPARTMENT