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<\/a>There are now loads of things that I have to sort out at home before driving down there at the end of October. One of these is the collecting of a stained glass window \u00a0which we have commissioned from a stained glass artist called David Griffin<\/a> who is based in Bakewell.<\/p>\nWe went to see Dave a couple of months ago to talk through what we are looking for, and to see some examples of his work. He’s sent us through the artwork\u00a0of the design that\u00a0he is now working on, and we can’t wait to see it in the flesh.<\/p>\n
Once complete, the window will be installed in the very small traditional barn window just underneath the balcony on the south facing downstairs wall (see below).<\/p>\n
The window will be within the bedroom and should cast a beautiful moving multicoloured light around the room as the sun rises over the horizon in the early morning, and travels round the entire room, before dipping away in the evening.<\/p>\n
Dave hasn’t got much space\u00a0to work with, as the window is just 24 x\u00a045cm, so there is little room for a complex design. We both think that this scene could either be in the hills around Huddersfield, or the\u00a0steep sides\u00a0valleys of Galicia. It is just what\u00a0we said in the\u00a0brief.<\/p>\n
Once Dave has completed the window I will collect it from Derbyshire,\u00a0secure it in bubble wrap, and hope that I can get it to Galicia in one piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new\u00a0countdown has begun. Our builder has given us a start date for the works which will hopefully seen the barn finished early in 2013, and which will finally give us a base in which to stay while we get … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.visitgalicia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/housebalconyjose4-300x224.jpg\" "\\"housebalconyjose4\\"")
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