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John Edwards


Stained glass designer and artist. From 1955 John Edwards worked for Celtic Studios as a designer and glass painter. He also worked freelance for other studios, latterly working with Tim Lewis of Glantawe Studios, designing and painting stained glass. He taught at Swansea College of Art from the 1970s until the 1990s. Living near Swansea in Gower, his work is found in numerous churches across south Wales, as well as in Canada, where some of his work was exported to by Celtic Studios. Having also initially trained as an illustrator, John Edwards also works as a watercolourist.


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  Scenes from the New Testament Scenes from the New Testament
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
artist: John Edwards
1961
Church of St Mary and Holy Innocents, Merthyr Vale, Rhondda Cynon Taff
rear (liturgical west) wall
  Symbols of Christ    from    Symbols of Christ and St Peter Symbols of Christ
from Symbols of Christ and St Peter

firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: John Edwards
1965
Church of St Peter, Glasbury, Powys
gable, west wall
  The Sower The Sower
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
artist: John Edwards
1966
Church of St Michael, Llandre, Ceredigion
north wall of the nave
  Abstract Windows Abstract Windows
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: John Edwards
artist: Alun Adams
about 1966-1977
Cardiff Reform Synagogue, Cardiff
  The Miraculous Draught of Fishes The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
artist: John Edwards
1967
Church of St David, Neath, Neath Port Talbot
south aisle
  The Sower The Sower
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
artist: John Edwards
1967
Church of St David, Neath, Neath Port Talbot
south wall of the south aisle
  St Mary Magdalene and St Martha with Symbols and Local Scenes St Mary Magdalene and St Martha with Symbols and Local Scenes
artist: John Edwards
1969
Church of St Teilo, Bishopston, Swansea
south wall of the nave
  St Teilo Riding a Stag St Teilo Riding a Stag
artist: John Edwards
1976
Church of St Teilo, Bishopston, Swansea
north wall of the nave
  The Good Shepherd The Good Shepherd
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: John Edwards
1978
Bettws Chapel, Bettws, Monmouthshire
east wall
  Angels Angels
artist: John Edwards
1980s
Church of St Teilo, Bishopston, Swansea
north wall of the nave


Further reading

Maurice Broady, 'Stained Glass Design in Wales' Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, vol. 6 (new series) (2000), 155, 158-9.





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