Down to earth Crafts special Master the art of stained glass with Jackie

Stained glass artist Jackie Hunt is offering to share her more than 30 years’ experience with students at a new craft class and by taking on private commissions.

Based in West Dorset, Jackie has a fully equipped workshop with kilns and a sand-blaster where she experiments with her own love of this versatile medium. She enjoys sharing her skills by running short courses at venues across Dorset. Her themes are often based on natural forms, landscapes and plants, and her commissions generally celebrate particular places and events.

Jackie uses the traditional techniques of this ancient craft in a contemporary style. The methods she uses include traditional kiln-fired painting and staining, sometimes incorporating metals and organic materials, alongside treatments like sand-blasting, silk-screen printing or kilncarved glass. These days most commissions are encapsulate within double glazed units for practical reasons.

Over the years she has won several large public art commissions in Yorkshire, Herefordshire and Dorset, working with communities and schools to develop and realise their ideas. These commissions have