Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass
Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass

Gorgeous stained glass designs from the Williams & Byrne stained glass studio

Our imaginative ideas for glass are demonstrated in our beautiful designs.

And our designs are peerless in their imagination, detail, verve, strength and colour. That’s how we can respond creatively to your precise situation.

Any style

Designing a jewel-tile by Williams & ByrneWe create expert and beautiful stained glass designs for you in any style: art nouveau, medieval, Victorian, minimalist, neo-classical, Edwardian, rustic, Tiffany or Moorish, for example.

Any theme

Designing Saint Cecilia by Williams & ByrneWe create stained glass designs for you on any theme: fairy tale, commemorative, Biblical, the Jazz Age, Shakespearian, historical, & cetera.

We draught all our stained glass designs in the traditional way, using pencil, pen, ink, and water-colour. This is because a beautiful design is the most important thing. True, the subsequent painting on glass involves artistry and skill; but the beauty of the glass painting is made possible by the coherence and loveliness of the underlying design.

Our designs also give you the confidence that we are making you something unique and lovely.

Visits and sketches

Sketch for section of a bathroom window by Williams & ByrneWe meet you. We talk. We visit as often as necessary. Then we sketch. We produce a series of miniature outlines and suggestions. We show these to you and develop them further. We begin to draw more precisely. We produce a scale design to explore and exhibit proportions.

The play of ideas

We work vigourously and creatively with your ideas, and we suggest our own. This is the way that we prepare stained glass designs that will delight you.

Development

Working on the final water-coloured version of a stained glass design by Williams & ByrneThe scale design agreed, we now work full-size. Sometimes the first full-size design is prepared in graphite in order to let ideas develop further. The final draft is usually prepared in water-colour: this to indicate the textures of the glass, and the tints, hues and saturation of the colours themselves.

Recent work

Here are some recent designs for doors, windows, panels and sculptures that we have made in glass. – This is the kind of “paper-work” that we excel in.

Design for facsimile of medieval angel by Williams & Byrne
Design for barn owl in stained glass by Williams & Byrne
Design for blackbird by Williams & Byrne
Design for the Elements by Williams & Byrne - Air
Design for facsimile angel by David Williams
Design for squirrel by Williams & Byrne
Design for Zodiac panel by Williams & Byrne - Pisces
Design for lion's head by Williams & Byrne
Design for the elements by Williams & Byrne - Earth
Design for bluetit by Williams & Byrne
Design for Saint John the Baptist by Williams & Byrne
Design for door panel in stained glass - Night
Design for bathroom window (detail) by Williams & Byrne
Design for little owl in stained glass by Williams & Byrne
Design for heraldic lion dragon in stained glass by Williams & Byrne
Design for wall panel in stained glass by Williams & Byrne - Abstract Air
Design for stained glass heraldic cockatrice by Williams & Byrne
Design for tawny oil in stained glass
Design for door panel in stained glass - Day
Design for door panel with mystic trees - Royal Purple
Design for diamond quarry with monogram by Williams & Byrne
Design for stained glass kingfisher by Williams & Byrne
Design for landing window on painted and silver-stained antique glass by Williams & Byrne, the designers, painters and restorers of stained glass
Design for a landing window - detail - by Williams & Byrne, the designers, painters and restorers of glass
Design for map to the Williams & Byrne studio by Williams & Byrne
Design for wall panel in stained glass by Williams & Byrne - Abstract Earth
Design for Saint Francis (detail) by Williams & Byrne

Deatail from design for bathroom window by Williams & Byrne

Design for heraldic lion in stained glass by Williams & Byrne
Design for Saint Cecilia by Williams & Byrne
Design for diamond quarry by Williams & Byrne
Design for door panel with mystic trees - Indian Green
Design for wall panel in stained glass by Williams & Byrne - Abstract Water
Design for Zodiac panel by Williams & Byrne - Aquarius
Design for stained glass dovel by Williams & Byrne
Design for the Elements by Williams & Byrne - Fire
Design for Zodiac panel by Williams & Byrne - Gemini
Design for door panel in stained glass - Night
Design for crowl by Williams & Byrne
Design for diamond quarry with monogram by Williams & Byrne
Design for the Elements by Williams & Byrne - Water
Design for leaded light by Williams & Byrne
Design for door panel with mystic trees - Light Majenta
Design for wall panel in stained glass by Williams & Byrne - Abstract Fire
Design for Hallowe'en snowman by Williams & Byrne
Gorgeous stained glass designs from Williams & Byrne

We can design and make glass that will transform the space or room you choose. Click here for the techniques we use. Or click the panel just below (“Fire”, from our series on the Elements) to see our gorgeous glass.

The elements by Williams & Byrne - Fire

Interested in our fabulous glass painting techniques? Then you can read about them here: The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting by David Williams and Stephen Byrne.

Williams & Byrne
Designers, Painters & Restorers of Glass
Telephone +44 (0) 1584 856724
Williams & Byrne Limited, Church Farm Studios, Stanton Lacy, Near Ludlow, Shropshire, UK, SY8 2AE

E-mail studio@williamsandbyrne.com
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