Given the physical nature of stained glass windows within churches and public buildings (comparatively large and often very high) they are generally subject to the build up of decades (and in come cases centuries) of dust, dirt and debris. Alongside...
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2018 Heritage Crafts Awards Finalists
After applying way back in October 2017, we were absolutely delighted to be informed in March that we were finalists at this years Heritage Crafts Association Awards in the "Made in Britain" category. The Heritage Crafts Association is the advocacy body...
Read MoreStained Glass Dome Restoration Completed
After 5 weeks of early morning trecks down the M6 and hours and hours spent crawling on hands and knees in spaces that would prove difficult for even the most vertically challenged, Lightworks have completed the restoration of this fine...
Read MoreCommissioning Lightworks Stained Glass: Initial Design Process
The process of commissioning Lightworks to design and produce a new stained glass window might at first appear to be a daunting one. However, we strive to make it as easy (and hopefully enjoyable) as possible for prospective clients. In...
Read MoreGilded Glass Repaired and Replaced
Forming the central focal point within an internal leaded door panel, this lovely old piece of gilded glass unfortunately ended up with multiple fractures following shenanigans by a client's two young sons. We were subsequently contacted to ask if we...
Read MoreTraditional Diamond Leaded Lights Replace Failing Timber Casements
This is a project we completed towards the end of 2017. Our client, based in beautiful Yorkshire Moors town of Pateley Bridge, was keen to replace the unsightly, light limiting and badly leaking timber casement windows in his properties master...
Read MoreEdwardian Stained Glass Dome to be Cleaned and Repaired
This substantial old stained glass dome by Liverpool based stained glass artist H. Gustave Hiller is situated above the grand central staircase within the original HQ building of Warrington soap manufacturers Joseph Crosfield & Sons Ltd. Completed and installed in...
Read MoreCollaborative Effort to Rescue Stained Glass From Collapse
At the beginning of 2017, this late period Shrigley and Hunt stained glass window at Coppull Parish Church was in very real danger of collapsing. Not due to the structural condition of the glass (at only around 60 years old...
Read MoreLead Core Reducer
When recently tasked with the full restoration of a Victorian stained glass window dating from the mid 1800's, we quickly realised we were faced with a problem. Having stripped out all the old lead came from the window we found...
Read MoreRevisiting an Old Commission (2010)
When looking back on older projects, its sometimes easy to be over critical and pick holes to a point where you no longer fully appreciate the work that was done at the time. Fortunately, in re-visiting this large bespoke commission...
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