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About debbiesshed

My blog is all about the stained glass projects I get up to in my shed. I promise to post regularly with fresh and beautiful jobs. Thanks for looking.

E7 #9 Purple Haze

Posted on August 5, 2020 by debbiesshed

So I been wanting to paint the face of an angel… (I say again… ‘careful what you wish for eh!’) So here we have it.. a 70th birthday… a famous chord…. and a face.    E7 #9 Simple as….  

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Seagulls in Scarborough

Posted on June 8, 2020 by debbiesshed

A perfect piece of summer sunshine surprise on it’s way to Scarborough! Beach huts… seagulls.. sunshine… and shells….. And this is how we made it fit….  

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Through the think in’ glass

Posted on May 28, 2020 by debbiesshed

What strange times we have found ourselves in… I have named it my ‘golden time’. Two years I have been working out of my little studio in Kendal, named dc stained glass studio. And a busy bee i have been. … Continue reading →

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Going with the flow…

Posted on May 17, 2020 by debbiesshed

‘Tis like living in an aquarium’… said the house-owner, gazing up at his newly installed panel. A pair of salmon… so lets swim backwards through how I did this one… A fluid gentle colour palette… detailed delicate painting… flowing lead … Continue reading →

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Rubies are forever…

Posted on May 17, 2020 by debbiesshed

Well, rubies are  for forty.. years of marriage…and to celebrate a panel that celebrates all that they love and value. So working backwards…

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Love letter

Posted on March 24, 2020 by debbiesshed

Funny what life throws at you. In January I was searching for something like this … haha i mean….a few week sabbatical of navel gazing and self improvement. Ha. Careful what you wish for eh. Thankfully Boris gave us clues … Continue reading →

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Strawberries….strawberries

Posted on February 26, 2020 by debbiesshed

Well, every project has its challenges… This project started out as a north cumbrian town scape with a mountain backdrop.. it grew and grew and strawberry thieving blackbirds were introduced! Yikes. This is quite a size… said I, when I … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it is like working in a sweetie shop..

Posted on January 2, 2020 by debbiesshed

Really. Just look at it. (ha. but don’t eat!) C U T . This. The beautiful multi-spot sheet of handmade glass that would form my coil of cyclists whirring through the Yorkshire countryside. This sheet of glass pinned the whole … Continue reading →

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In the shimmering shadow of Ingleborough…

Posted on January 2, 2020 by debbiesshed

Cavort swallows and hares. Dancing amongst grasses and Swirling through seedheads. Between the sun and the moon Tossing a riot of colour. This one made me smile. Beautiful subjects… (and not least because I was to ensure the hare was … Continue reading →

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Swiftly goes it..

Posted on September 12, 2019 by debbiesshed

…And so now door and panel are in place. And this door and window composition work well on many different levels… Solid beautiful oak door. Simple gentle floating panel. Shiny polished leadwork complimented by burnished iron mongery! When viewed from … Continue reading →

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