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About Me
I am Amanda Winfield. In 1980 I attended Medway College
Of Art and Design for a years Foundation course in Art and
went on to Chelsea School of Art, London to study for 3 years
in Mural Design and Public Art. This course was fantastic,
a mixed media fine art based course which allowed us to study
printmaking, textile design, fine art painting and drawing,
technical drawing, sculpture and of course glass.
I left Chelsea in 1984 and was very lucky to secure a job
as assistant to Set Designer Tom McPhillips who went on to
found the company Atomic
Design in the States. What great training, we designed
sets for bands on tour, shows in the theatre and work for
television including children’s TV and advertisements.
As assistant to Tom I learnt so much about working to deadlines,
striving for the best for the customer, realising the design
and how to enjoy work!
In the spring of 1986 I joined Goddard & Gibbs Studios
in London as a trainee. When I left Goddard & Gibbs in
2002 I was their Studio Manager, responsible for all the stained
glass work that came through their studios.
Since that time I have been developing skills and styles
using the vast store of knowledge that working in such a busy
studio has afforded me. It’s been a very busy and exciting
(and at times frustrating!) time for me. I have been working
in all aspects of stained glass, leaded and resin bonded;
and I have embraced warm glass work with great enthusiasm
and love the direction my design is taking now.
Glass is a very exciting and thrilling medium, those moments
of holding up a panel to the light for the first time or opening
the kiln in the morning are always well worth all the work
put in on the previous days. What a thrill!
Mannon
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