After a couple of days away from the office, I had expected yesterday to be relatively quiet.  But it actually proved to be surprisingly hectic.  I had a large number of client discussions to have, and also faced a morning at the Bristol School of Art where my stained glass term started.  A while back I spent a few days doing a stained glass window at Bath University, who had very good facilities, and I had decided that rather than working at home here with all the associated risks of tiny slivers of glass and dog paws, that you would book on to a course at a local college so that I could use their facilities on a regular basis.  It's a perfect arrangement, because it gives me access to extra equipment that I don't have to buy myself, and a workspace where I can leave my work between sessions without any risk to the dogs.

It occurred to me yesterday that I haven't actually either written about my previous stained-glass work, nor had I posted a picture to this blog -- so here it is!

 I'm actually rather pleased with it, and am now working on a slightly larger piece which is of huge orange, black, grey and white koi swimming on a turquoise blue and green background.  It's going to be a completely different challenge, because whereas in this piece every single line was a straight line, in the new piece, I've worked it so that there is not one single straight line in the entire design!  I'll try and upload some pictures as I go along!

Below is a picture of his first piece in progress, just so that all you doubting Thomases know that I did actually make it myself, with my own fair hands!