Stained Glass Patterns and Tips from GlassSorcery.com

This site is owned and managed by Edith Reyntiens in her home town of Dumfries.

She is the daughter of British Stained Glass artist, Patrick Reyntiens, and has over 30 years experience working in the art industry.

She wanted to establish an online business selling the work of artists whom she knows personally and whose work she values highly.

So it made sense to begin her new business venture with her family.

“When I thought about who I wanted to represent on the website, I realised I knew so many talented and interesting people that I wouldn’t have to look far for my artists.” said Edith.

The site is continuing to grow and expand to take on new artists all the time; more pictures are always in the pipeline.

Edith is also keen to include artists from Dumfries & Galloway on the site.

“I am a new-comer to this part of Scotland, and am looking forward to becoming a part of the community; I am a member of the Dumfries & Galloway Fine Art Society and hope to be able to represent local artists to raise the profile of South West Scotland.” Father Patrick Reyntiens is noted for his work with artist John Piper in pioneering modern techniques in stained glass.

During the 1960s Patrick Reyntiens with John Piper, designed and built the windows for the lantern of the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Liverpool, England, that was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd.

The cathedral has been long considered a landmark in the development of modernist architecture in post-war Britain, and the photographs that are making their debut on the fingaprinz web site were taken by Patrick whilst the glass team were installing the windows in the lantern.

This is the first time these prints have been shown in public or offered for sale. Also featured on the site are the photographs of Sophie Bate, (the daughter of poet John Bate) who photographs flowers, landscapes and her family in the surroundings of their country home in Dumfries & Galloway.There are prints of paintings by Patrick’s wife, prize winning artist, Anne Bruce, herself a descendant of Robert the Bruce, available on the website.

Anne Bruce is highly valued for her bright modern paintings of the landscapes around her home, as well as landscapes of the places she travels to.

On the site visitors can choose from prints of her paintings of places such as Turkey, Australia, India and America, as well as landscapes closer to home in Somerset, England.Edith believes that many people want to buy more original art works, but are often put off by the risks involved.

“They worry that maybe they won’t like the work once they have bought it and then won’t be able to sell it on; or, they may not be sure that it is right for them, or the price may simply be too high to risk the outlay on an object that has no obvious function other than lifestyle enhancement.

This site can help to minimise the risks.” “By purchasing a print at a considerably lower cost than an original work of art, it means that you can hang it in your home or office and live with it to see if you like it.” Customers are offered a 30 day money back guarantee if they are at all dissatisfied with their purchase.

And if customers decide they want to own the original, (that is if no one else has got there first!) we can always put them in touch with the artist!Customers can buy prints of paintings, stained glass panels and photographs, which can be printed any size from A3 up to A0, either on ordinary printing paper, or onto specialist watercolour paper and even canvas.

A regular feature of the site will be an Ezine sent out FREE to subscribers on a bi-monthly basis, which will cover articles such as how to choose and hang pictures effectively in your home, and also reviews and articles about art, It will be offering special discounts on new prints as they come onto the website.