Icon Stained Glass Group Conference 2024: Beyond the Whall

Rona H. Moody

Hon. Secretary, The Scottish Stained Glass Trust

Jo Prinsen

Heritage Researcher and Glass Artist,

Carlotta Cammelli

Studio Supervisor and stained glass conservator, Recclesia Stained Glass

Carlotta Cammelli studied Cultural Heritage at the University of Trento, Italy. After falling in love with English Gothic Art and Architecture, she moved to the UK to complete an MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies at the University of Leeds. She then moved on to complete the MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management at the University of York, with a dissertation on the Oculus of York Minster, on which she published an article and subsequently gave a talk at the 2021 Icon Stained Glass Conference. Carlotta has been part of the Icon stained glass group since 2021 as their secretary, and in 2023 she was elected Vice Chair.

Kate Waddicor

Glass Production specialist, Recclesia Stained Glass

Lizzie Plasom-Scott

Stained glass conservator, Iona Art Glass

Chris Chesney ACR

Director, Iona Art Glass

Chris Chesney has been an accredited conservator since the scheme began and is also the Director of Iona Art Glass which he established with his wife Sarah in 1986. Chris has lectured successfully at numerous ICON and CVMA symposiums alongside publishing relevant peer-reviewed papers. Having also been a former chair and treasurer of the SGG Chris will inevitably be an immeasurable fount of knowledge and encouragement for the current group.

Susanna Wyse Jackson

Junior Stained Glass Conservator, York Glaziers Trust

Martin Crampin

Research Fellow, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies

Martin trained as a visual artist and has been researching ecclesiastical art for around twenty years. His online catalogue, ‘Stained Glass in Wales’, was launched in 2011 and continues to grow, with nearly 8000 images of around 3000 windows across Wales. He has written on stained glass of all periods and his books include Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (2014) and Welsh Saints from Welsh Churches (2023). Martin works as a designer and photographer, and specialises in publications on the stained glass of individual churches.

Lee (Bil) Bilson FIIC

Conservation Manager at Recclesia, Recclesia Stained Glass

Bil is a Building Historian and Conservation Specialist who has worked on a vast range of internationally renowned buildings and conservation projects with a range of material specialisms. A fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC) and is a regular lecturer for The King’s Foundation and The University of Manchester on notions of craftsmanship as part of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the philosophy of conservation more broadly. Over the past few year Bil has been part of Recclesia’s team working to preserve and restore Chester’s Rows as part of an Historic England funded Heritage Action Zone project – covering a range of works across the rows, which consist of 132 historic buildings with a fascinating mix of Grade I, Grade II* and Grade II listed buildings.