... and now it's Irish in Belfast and Te Aroha, too
If you thought (as I rather did) my last post was stretching the 'New Zealand Glass' title of this blog a little, then brace yourselves. The stained glass windows in the Karori chapel were made by noted Irish stained glass artist Wilhelmina Geddes, of the noted Irish glass studio An Tur Gloine (see http://newzealandglass.blogspot.co.nz/2016/01/a-touch-of-irish-in-karori.html ). Wilhelmina Geddes also made the window I feature here. But while the Karori windows are in New Zealand, this window is in the church of St John the Evangelist , Malone Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Signed Geddes 1920 My attention was again drawn to this window by Northland glass artist Kathy Shaw-Urlich, who was greatly taken with it when she was studying Wilhelmina Geddes' work for her dissertation. My appreciation of the window has also been assisted by Nicola Gordon-Bowe, Associate Fellow of the Irish National College of Art and Design and author of the new biography and catalo...