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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Yes. All the glass is re usable...

Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

In Manchester this week a church was demolished by the council. So were the windows. It is very easy to remove stained glass windows. Costs - a cherry picker and two/three people a day or two. Would they demolish a museum with artefacts in place, a gallery with paintings on the wall? #stainedglass

Church and stained glass being demolished

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We are trying to set up a longer course/apprenticeship/college course but many hurdles! 🙂

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hello, No FE courses and only a couple of token apprenticeships. We offer a 3 week residency course which covers all aspects of a working studio from design, painting, leading and soldering, repair and restoration, copper foiling and creating a collaborative stained glass window. 🙂

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Beginners Stained Glass Classes We offer a wide range of classes for people of all experience levels, from complete beginners to advanced students. Learn how to make a stained glass window in our 1 day weekend workshop or 3 evening night classes. more information and dates at stainedglass.scot

charles rennie macintosh stained glass design

star trek stained glass project from the night classes

repairing a salvaged stained glass panel in our workshop classes

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As part of our Glass residency we offer our artists an introduction to stained glass painting, and luckily five minutes from the studio we can show how some of the best artists did it! at Glasgow Cathedral and St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland

Saint mungo religious museum glasgow stained glass tour

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yes very! A pleasure to work with. 🤗

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As part of our month long residency our glass artists are given the task of repairing some old and damaged panels... releading, cutting and fitting new glass, making/painting glass to match originals... #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #artistresidency #residency

Assessing what is required on repairing an early 20th century leaded glass window

Taking a rubbing of the leaded glass panel to repair

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Almost finished... Stained glass gothic rose transom window. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Great.. have seen painted windows to look like leaded windows but don't think I have seen a non glass stained glass quatrefoil.😀

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Is there a reason the hair looks like that?

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

That hair and beard! Wonderfull. Explosive!😄

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Two Peacock windows for the chapel at Culdees Castle, Perthshire. Background pattern to match existing windows salvaged from the castle. Leaded and fused glass. #stainedglass #Glasgow #Scotland

Two peacock leaded,stained and fused glass windows

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Reproduction of a stained glass door panel. c1900. 🐦🌳 #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #repair #reproduction

before and after stained glass window reproduction repair

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Repaired and re installed. Arts and crafts styled leaded glass sash windows for a Broomhill home. c1900 #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland

Arts and Crafts stained glass window Glasgow

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A simplified Charles Rennie Mackintosh design made into this leaded glass transom (above the door) window for a Glasgow home. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #crm #glasgowrose

Charles Rennie Mackintosh design made into this stained glass window Glasgow

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Some wee repairs required for Neilston Parish Church. The windows by Stephen Adam, c 1900, the present building dates from 1790's but the site has 16th century gravestones and has been used as a site of worship since 1156. 🤗 #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #stephenadam

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Anither busy wee Beginners Stained Glass Class this weekend at stainedglass.scot Classes held throughout the year. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Very excited to share that I’ve been commissioned by Unite to make a stained glass window commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street. The 4 Oct 1936 was when the people of East London came together to force back fascist Oswald Mosley and his blackshirts. ~KeiraMclean

keira mclean miners stained glass window

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Ola Jönsson @madwrist.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

New DOPE Magazine 34 - Summer 2026 - Read the latest issue: 👉 dopemag.org/issue-34 👈 - Support 👉 dopemag.org/support 👈 - Distributed for free to anyone who wants to sell it on the street. Vendors keep all the money from sales! It’s solidarity not charity! - Artwork by Keira McLean

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Some wonderfull glass in this heraldic styled door entrance to a West End flat. Possibly 1920's. Repairs in situ. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland

Flour de lis and shield stained glass window

Some wonderfull glass in this heraldic styled door window

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Anthemions. Cutting out a vinyl mask prior to etching. A Victorian etched glass door reproduction. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #etchedglass

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A beginners stained glass weekend workshop. Classes held throughout the year. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Proved to be quite effective.

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

All that remains of a Glasgow park fountain. A sad parched sea monster. #Glasgow #scotland   #decay

Hamilton fountain. Demolished because Glasgow couldn't be bothered looking after .

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A 1920's leaded glass door panel before and after repair. #stainedglass #Glasgow #scotland

1920's leaded glass window repaired Glasgow

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Daniel Ratcliffe-Shutt @daniel.statement-heritage.com · 14/06/2026

St Andrew, William Wilson 1960. St Andrews Church Dunnino, Fife. #scotland #stainedglasssunday

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Minor repairs to an old "Crittall" leaded glass window. Also some nice windaes by John Blyth (1915-1999). Park Church. Stirling. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #parkchurch #stirling #johnblyth

Repairing a crittall leaded glass window. C1905.

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Probably, E A Taylor (1874 - 1951) Born in Greenock, one of seventeen children, an oil painter, watercolourist and etcher. He also designed furniture, interiors and stained glass for Glasgow cabinetmakers Wylie and Lochhead. Married to Jessie M King. #GlasgowStyle #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

An incredible Scottish film. The making of it, is as wonderfull as the importance of the message of the film itself. The Happy Lands. #lochgelly #thehappylands #scottishfilm #workingclasshistory #generalstrike @unison.org.uk Art27 Scotland.

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Keira's "Homeless" panels on the cover of the excellent Dog Section Press Dope magazine. 100% of sales go to the vendors.Also article about other works like the Stuart Christie memorial window for the May Day Rooms. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #london #maydayrooms #dogsectionpress #dopemagazine

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Busy wee stained glass and fused glass classes at our workshop at RDW Glass. Classes are held weekly and on the last weekend of the month. More details at stainedglass.scot/nightclasses-a… #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Bonny Edwardian/Art Nouveau styled stained glass windows in this Glasgow home. To be repaired. 🌞 #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #artnouveau

Leaded glass upper sash windows in a Edwardian/Art Nouveau style

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Unfortunately the old fluorescent tubes and cabling had run their course. 😃 🌞

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A re-housed Gordon Webster (1908-1987) window repaired and refurbished. An incredibly dark window, painted slab glass and as much lead as they could use! The new stronger LED lights help show the rich deep colours probably for the first time. #stainedglass #glasgow

Gordon Webster stained glass window from a demolished Cambuslang church and housed into a lightbox

"I will make you fishers of men". Matthew 4:19

St Bride's RC Church

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Repairs and replacement of previous repairs to this 1920's leaded glass panel. The clear textured glass is called Hammered. ( There is a variation called Glasgow Hammered! But not sure exactly what looks like yet.🤪🍺). #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #hammered

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Yes. The way it ignores the trefoil tracery.

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Yes enough difficulties as an endangered craft.. Interestingly, having worked with lead almost daily for 26 years my blood lead levels are lower than national average.(everyone has some blood lead level, and no level is deemed safe, so not sure why this is being considered).

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

RDW Glass is offering an exciting Stained Glass Residency, taking place over 3 weeks in September 2026. This unique opportunity,led by glass artists Keira McLean and Rich Welsh, invites artists of all backgrounds to explore stained glass as a storytelling medium. #stainedglass #glasgowart #glasgow

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Stained Glass Residency - Scottish Contemporary Art Network

RDW Glass is offering an exciting Stained Glass Residency, taking place over 3 weeks in September 2026 (Monday 7th of...

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Great, thank you... yes, that is probably better. Quality images. 🙂

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Thank you for posting. Didn't not know carolsfeld did the scheme for glasgow cathedral. Which they later removed. Some are on display. Will purchase carolsfeld bible and see if i can find references. 🙂

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