Kingfisher

about 1982

size: 37.4 x 78.5 cm
artist: Rodney Bender

Swansea College of Art, Swansea
M/SCA/FLP/113

Made with flashed antique glass. The lines are made by acid etching, and the denser colours are achieved by plating coloured glass.

The panel was a Hartley Wood and Hetley competition winner.

The imagery derives from the poem 'As Kingfishers Catch Fire' by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Record added by Martin Crampin and Christian Ryan. Last updated on 22-01-2025

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2025. (record added by Martin Crampin and Christian Ryan)
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