WHO'S BEHIND IT ALL

Meet the people who make it happen.

Simply Stained is a small studio with a belief in making the very best from the wealth of fabulous material at hand.

THE CRAFTSMAN

David Lilly comes from a long line of artists, craftsmen and engineers.  His families' achievements have been as diverse as creating the sewage works for Ghana, exhibiting paintings at the Royal Academy in London and illustrating the original Winnie the Pooh books.  In fact, David's own career started in Hotel Management, then through the Music Industry and Wine Trade to end up in Stained Glass in the autumn of 2001.  

David lights to push the boundaries of stained glass and really enjoys designing and creating three dimensional projects such as lighting, and loves to combine new with old. Many of his lamps are based on bases from the 1960s and 1970s.  

He trained in the art of stained glass in Brighton in 2001, and the Simply Stained studio opened in February 2002.  The first studio was in an 18th century Mews building, with it's old-world 'charm', but in August 2007, as business has got somewhat bigger, the studio moved to more modern premises in central Brighton.

THE PAINTER

Paul Yarde has been an artist and designer for many years, latterly working for Daewoo Motors. 

Today he is semi-retired but fills his time working with glass.  For us he is our painter.  He works on painting and staining glass for both commissions and restoration projects.  Without him the studio could not function, his skills are ones that are fast disappearing, and to find an artist with his temperament and delicate touch is a difficult task indeed.

As well as his fabulous painting he creates novel garden sculpture combining stained glass panels and reclaimed sea-defenses.

THE COLOURIST

George Wood hails originally from Glasgow, but after working in high-end Menswear in central London has moved on.  His home is now Hove and he has moved from dressing men well to 'dressing' windows well instead.