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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  Christ in Glory with Saints and Angels Christ in Glory with Saints and Angels
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
glass painter: John Edwards
designer: Bryan Tobias Evans
cartoonist: Fred Prior
cartoonist: Fred Haycock
1958
Church of St David, Nefyn, Gwynedd
east wall of the chancel
  Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and Archangels Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and Archangels
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: Howard Martin
glass painter: John Edwards
1960
Church of St Mary, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire
west wall of the nave
  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
  St Francis Teaching the Animals St Francis Teaching the Animals
artist: John Edwards
firm/studio: Glantawe Studios
1988
Church of St Teilo, Bishopston, Swansea
north wall of the nave
  Millennium Window Millennium Window
artist: John Edwards
firm/studio: Glantawe Studios
2000
Church of St Mary, Pennard, Swansea
south 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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