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Lavendar Henry Haig's Dalle de Verre Sculpture

David Lilly

United Kingdom

Sculpture, Glass on Glass

Size: 8 W x 14 H x 3.3 D in

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About The Artwork

Henry Haig was a commercially successful stained glass artist, and his windows can be seen in buildings, which range from the Norman church of St Michael and All Angels in Alsop
en le Dale in Derbyshire to the 1960s concrete Clifton Cathedral in Bristol. It is some of the remaining stock of Dalles from that latter commission that I am reimagining. Henry’s art was symbolic and abstract (or, more correctly, non-figurative). He believed that the stained glass artist’s role was to explore and open pathways through and beyond earthly existence towards a deeper comprehension. Henry Haig died in December 2007. He is much missed by his family and all who knew him, but his work lives on to be admired by future generations. In 2013 I was invited by his widow Joan to acquire the remaining Dalle de Verre from his estate as his children were at that time looking to pass on what he had to another whose passion was akin to his. Since that time I have been exploring ways to get Dalle de Verre back into the public awareness, and this year have completed the first Dalle de Verre church installation in the UK since the 1980’s, it’s in a small Methodist church in Banbury, and it’s using some of Henry’s glass. Now I have decided to use these Dalles as pieces of art for their own sake, rather than cutting them up and amalgamating them in a window. These individual Dalles (showing the provenance of their storage and transport for over 40 years) have been sandblasted and gilded with designs that speak of the period in which these pieces of glass were cast (and metaphorically cast aside as surplus) for the construction of the 70ft long (21m) Narthex windows at Clifton Cathedral. The two different (but similar) designs speak not only of the mid 20th century but the thread of life, continuous, expanding and contracting and taking a path that changes and crosses over, also the connection with the Dalles’ original intended use in a church by hinting at the Crown of Thorns. I hope that by collecting one of more of these you will not only enjoy the amazing colour of the piece but feel a connection to a time past and a (almost) forgotten art glass form - Dalle de Verre.

Details & Dimensions

Sculpture:Glass on Glass

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:8 W x 14 H x 3.3 D in

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David loves bright colours and their interplay with light. His favourite colour is orange which apparently makes him a social butterfly. Also, people who love orange are considered to be non-judgmental and not ‘intense’. They are generally kind, warm and optimistic. They love freedom and adventure and prefer to socialise with like-minded individuals. All that kind of sums David up! David originally worked in the Wine Trade for many years and only began his career in stained glass back in 2001. It was then that he took an evening class and became so enamoured with the craft that what soon became an all-encompassing hobby eventually turned into a full-time career. As well as running the studio, David is a visiting lecturer on the MSc in Building Conservation at the Weald and Downland Living Museum where he teaches stained glass and leaded light restoration. At his old University, he lectures on Dalle de Verre stained glass to the MA Architectural Design students. On a, less formal basis, David teaches stained glass novices through the courses he runs at his studio, Charleston Farmhouse and The Weald and Downland Living Museum. Not satisfied by all that, he mentors students at the University of Brighton and writes a blog to help newly graduated arts and craft students ‘find their feet’. David works in all types of stained glass, but Dalle de Verre stained glass is his specialism – in fact he is the UK’s only practicing Dalle de Verre craftsman, and is always delighted to chat about it. Whatever else clients may think about David, the one thing that always amazes them is that he is colour-blind!

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