About Us
Rab MacInnes and Linda Cannon are two individual artists who met in 1997 to design and make some of the stained glass for Mackintosh's "House for an Art Lover", in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. Rab was commissioned by Glasgow School of Art to translate Mackintosh's tiny sketch cartoons, from the original "Koch" portfolio of architectural drawings from 1901, from drawings into stained glass designs. Linda provided the technical experience to cut and lead the designs into stained glass. Since then we have collaborated on numerous projects and have come to realise that two stained glass artists, with a wide range of experience and practical skills, can make projects easier to organise and complete than by working individually. In this case two minds and two pairs of hands are better than one. Our skills compliment each other very well: We are both ICON accredited conservators with years of experience in restoring and conserving historic windows. We are both fine artists, traditionally trained in painting, drawing, design and colour work. We both graduated from Glasgow School of Art in Fine Art and Design, and we both have a passion for technical and aesthetic excellence. We have no particular "House Style", but prefer to tackle each project with fresh ideas and vision.
Our experience in working together allows us to "swap roles" very easily, with Linda managing some projects, Rab managing others, and both of us providing whatever practical assistance is required to complete jobs on time and within budget. As well as our own skills, we can, when required, draw on the resources of other professional glazing, scaffolding, joinery and masonry teams to provide a complete package of resources, for whatever scale or complexity of work. In January 2004 we undertook a two year teaching program of Post Graduate study for an Historic Scotland Fellowship. Joy Bunclark joined us and worked successfully on a wide range of conservation and design projects. We are delighted that on completing the Fellowship she secured a full-time job in Canterbury Cathedral Stained Glass Workshop.
Recent work includes: the on-going refurbishment of The Royal Apartments at Stirling Castle (Historic Scotland) - this involved a trip to North East France in December to research original stained glass connected to Mary of Guise; the restoration of St Magnus Episcopal Church in Lerwick, Shetland; the restoration of a unique "Rainbird" window from the island of Papa Stour; three museum panels for the new Riverside Museum in Glasgow; two new nine-foot high gold pink angels for Kilmacolm Old Kirk; a new landscape window for a private client in Glasgow; and a large zodiac dome in the ceiling of Edinburgh Council Chambers. We are also delighted to announce that in February 2010, Rab became an Accredited Conservator with the Institute of Conservation - CONGRATULATIONS - it has been a long journey.
last update: 28st February 2010
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