Hello and thank you for taking the time to view my profile. I am a glass artist and educator, a Fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Accredited Stained Glass Conservator with over 38 years experience running my own studio. I design and make glass artworks for public spaces, private homes and churches, I make traditional stained glass and enjoy working with new techniques to push the creative boundaries of the medium. I run courses throughout the year at my studio in Leicestershire, teaching adults glass painting and making stained glass windows. Connect with me on social media – just type in DerekHuntArtist and you’ll find me! Message me for more information on courses or commissions and check out my YouTube channel below where I share my passion for glass.
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My day to day work tends to focus on vessels, suncatchers, decorative items and garden pieces, but I also take comissions for larger panels and splashbacks too. I attend an variety of local maker markets with this glass work, along with open studio and local exhibition events too. I also design, pull and sell vitrigraph murrini for use in my own work and others to use.
When time allows I love creating more intricate pieces of work, and taking time to experiment with different techniques., for example I love playing with lampworking and casting.
I’m currently exploring the many different techniques available within the glassy field, to celebrate my deep love of Dorset and it’s natural environment.
Charlotte’s work is created using both traditional lead and copper foil methods incorporating hand painted and kiln fired details. She enjoys the sense of clarity and calmness swimming brings to her life and is drawn to the beautiful medium of glass to reflect the fluidity of water. She also has a passion for medieval stained glass and can often be found in cathedrals and churches seeking inspiration and and sketching out traditional patterns to use in her own contemporary work.
My Purple Stained Glass Studio is based on the outskirts of Loughborough in Leicestershire and from here I work on all aspects of stained glass and leaded glass including repairs and re-leads as well as traditional glass painting. I am also able to accommodate new commissions, triple glazing existing leaded lights to fit into new frames as well as glass fusing and copper foiling.
I run workshops teaching all of the above and offer 1 2 1, or group sessions to any and all abilities. I love seeing the pride in students when they create something beautiful from nothing.
Details about her glass exhibitions are given below:
*Contemporary Mosaic Art2 (CMA2) Exhibition, ‘One World, Many Visions’ from 16 Nov 2025 – 15 Dec 2025.
*British Association for Modern Mosaic (BAMM) – International Exhibition. ‘Piece Together’, Scarborough, UK (Oct 4th to Nov 14th, 2025).
*MAANZ (Mosaic Association of Australia & New Zealand) – International Exhibition. ‘Connections’, Nov 7th to Nov 19, 2025.
*Association of Animal Artists (AAA), Spring Exhibition (May 2025) & Autumn exhibition, UK (Oct 2025).
*Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) Exhibition at Pyramid Gallery, York, UK (Sep 5th to Nov 1st, 2025).
*Chithrasala Art Gallery in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. (Affiliated to Kerala Lalithakala Akademy, Under Govt of India) – National Exhibition (March 16-March 20, 2025). Through her practice, Priya pushes the expressive boundaries of mosaic art, moving it beyond decorative craft into the realm of fine art. Her work explores the interplay of light, surface, and narrative, contributing meaningfully to the contemporary mosaic landscape. Priya currently works out of her home studio in the North East of England by the River Tyne.
More of Priya’s glass mosaics can be seen in her Art Studio ‘Little Stone Mosaics’.
I specialize in a variety of powder techniques, 3D layered scenes mixing art and technology and am currently developing a series of tropical butterflies in fused glass.