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Had the pleasure of filming Lorraine Lamond a few weeks ago, on the completion of her latest stained glass commission for St Alphonsus Church, Calton, Glasgow. We filmed on five levels of scaffolding as far as we could go, luckily we didn’t have an aversion to heights. Mark Campbell (http://whitehouseglasgow.blogspot.com/) was instrumental in arranging this opportunity as well as assisting in the interview. I’ve edited about 15 minutes of film of Lorraine explaining the background to this commission, which spans approx 23 years, going back to the first section – The Beatitudes ‘Rose Window’ from 1996.

The opportunity to view Lorraine’s work close up was a real treat which I made the most of, taking as many close up photographs as possible (approx 300). This work, which is truly stunning in my opinion, will be unveiled to the public in November. We’re also working on a collaboration with Glasgow Museums – St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art for 2010 to increase awareness of Lorraine’s work.

JF