WHY DOES SIMPLY STAINED GLASS EXIST?
Simply Stained Glass was born out of a long held desire by David Lilly to work with coloured glass. He had loved glass from a very young age, collecting glasses and bowls (mostly blue) because he was fascinated by the shapes and colours, textures and differences in glass’s form. Nowadays there is a huge variety of glass made around the world and some are really stunning creations that can go to make awesome stained glass windows.
Whether it’s a small piece of Quarter Reed, or a large section of Gold/Amber/Pink mouth-blown glass in a window, just running your finger tips over the textured surface and seeing the light playing through can turn an ordinary day into a truly joyous occasion. Imagine colour streaking across a wall, ever changing as the light moves and manipulates those colours throughout the day. This is what inspires us, this is why we do it and this is what we can create for you.
David’s ability to select and combine colours and textures, glass and lead is uniquely different from everyone else’s. As you look through the designs, lights and windows on this website, we hope that you’ll see why Simply Stained Glass had to come about; because David’s love of the material and desire to create beauty for others could no longer remain hidden.
Ten years on David met Steve, another equally visionary man with a passion for glass. So now there are two studios creating beauty simply because they love doing it, one in
Brighton and one in the
Midlands. Both are there to make stunning stained glass creations like none other for you.
DO WE WORK IN YOUR AREA?
Our
Brighton studio covers the whole of the country, but predominantly The South from Kent to Cornwall and Gloucestershire to East Anglia. The
Midlands studio works most regularly from Oxford to Manchester and Peterborough to Wales. Between us we will be able to attend to your glass needs where ever you are based.
We love designing and combining colours so are always delighted to be asked to create anything with glass. If you have a fixed idea of what you want or are just starting your journey of discovery we would be delighted to give you our thoughts and knowledge on the subject of stained glass.
If you already enjoy stained glass and it is in need of repair, we can help. If you love your windows, we are bound to too. Locally, or nationally we will always quote FOC. We will even repair Tiffany lampshades.
TRIPLE GLAZED STAINED GLASS
Any stained glass window we create for you, using either lead cames of copper foil can be set inside a Sealed Unit. The stained glass window is suspended between the glass with an air gap on either side. These can be set in standard, toughened or laminated glass. So don't give up the idea of traditional stained glass just because you have to have a sealed unit.
Stained glass like you’ve probably never seen it. Dalle de Verre is a completely different way of getting brilliant, coloured light flooding into your home. David first discovered Dalle de Verre in 2009 and has been collecting data on it ever since. It is still a living art form in France and both North and South America, but in the UK new work has not been seen for at least 30 years. We are introducing this back into the United Kingdom in late 2011, more information about it can be found on the
Dalle de Verre page.
