Tag Archives: commissions

A new beginning

Posted on December 4, 2022 by debbiesshed

Finally I gather the courage to announce the news…”I have my first church window!” And it’s not new news. I’ve been either working on the design or thinking about the design since I was first approached by my neighbouring United … Continue reading →

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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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Blackbirds

Posted on September 2, 2019 by debbiesshed

And the many colours they come in! Remember that lovely commission I had at Brantwood. Well, I have just completed another composition, similar, but different. It was so lovely to revisit this idea….  Similar but different. And this one is … Continue reading →

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Pure Goldie

Posted on May 14, 2019 by debbiesshed

And Ouli. Two. Well. Never had a commission quite like this before. My initial response was to say no, oh no, i don’t do folk. But when Laurie sent me her photos and i saw the wonderful glamour of Goldie … Continue reading →

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To hatch an idea..

Posted on May 7, 2019 by debbiesshed

Lapwings…. eggs…. feathers… landscape. Were the elements that the customer came to me with…. I have taken my time (i usually do!) to get from doodle to cutting board. I like the design.. the ‘thinky’ part of the process. The … Continue reading →

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Hung, drawn and coloured

Posted on February 22, 2019 by debbiesshed

(No pretense this time…) From this… To this…. To this…. and this. And finally. THIS…. I first drew bitterns years ago. I mosaicked bitterns. I made a sculpture that boomed. I read Bill Baileys book… discovered collective noun for bitterns … Continue reading →

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It’s 2019 – Happy New Year

Posted on January 4, 2019 by debbiesshed

ps…. I add these… Just because. Painted walls are beautiful. Gosh. What a busy year 2018 was… Here is what I got up to towards the latter end…. Sunflowers and swallows and Blackwell inspired this installation… (and lovely to get … Continue reading →

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A Landscape (in portrait!)

Posted on January 7, 2018 by debbiesshed

Yep…. a Morecambe Bay landscape. To be executed in portrait format. (Very tricky) As you can see, I took my design and research very seriously… The bay.. I started with the bay and the cliffs receding in layers to fill … Continue reading →

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Friendship

Posted on January 2, 2018 by debbiesshed

A gift to represent a lifetime of friendship… Two boys who grew up together and shared many happy memories… The family home and camaraderie in the garden… Fun on a quad bike and happy hours tinkering with first cars… Captured … Continue reading →

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Wedding Belles…

Posted on October 29, 2017 by debbiesshed

My most recent commission was for beautiful bride Kirsty and husband Tosh.. a gift from gorgeous  bridesmaid Amy. A vintage inspired wedding…. a doodle of an idea… a ratch through the crock box again and… yards upon yards of coordinating … Continue reading →

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