Icon24 Stained Glass Group - Reliving 'No Old Hat' - Part 1

Derek Hunt ACR

Director , Limelight Studios Ltd

Derek Hunt a Fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Accredited Stained Glass Conservator with over 38 years’ experience running his own studio. He designs and makes new glass artworks for public spaces, private homes and churches, and makes traditional stained glass and enjoys working with new techniques to push the creative boundaries of the medium. He carries out a wide variety of conservation projects and teaches traditional glass painting at his studio in Leicestershire and at the Ely Stained Glass Museum, situated in Ely Cathedral. He hosts a Youtube channel dedicated to all things stained glass, with tutorials, inspirational videos and interviews with some of the most exciting international glass artists working today.

Vivienne Kelly

Conservator, Iona Art Glass

Vivienne Kelly is working toward her Master’s degree in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management at the University of York and is particularly interested in researching 19th and 20th Century Scottish glass. She is a QEST Trust Pilgrim scholar and holds a first-class Hons in Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art. She currently works as a conservator at Iona Art Glass.

Moira Malcolm

Director, Rainbow Glass Studio Ltd

Moira Malcolm was elected chair of the ICON Stained Glass Group (SGG) at their annual AGM on the third of November at The Artworkers Guild in London 2022. She began her studies in Edinburgh College of Art before training in stained glass conservation in Scotland. In 2001 she decided to start her own business, Rainbow Glass Studio Ltd alongside her husband Stephen. Each year the company has grown and have completed many large-scale conservation projects in historic listed buildings.

Moira has built up her knowledge and deontology to preserve Scottish works of art for future generations to come. She is now involved in both stained glass conservation and contemporary design.

Stephen Malcolm

Director, Rainbow Glass Studio Ltd

Stephen Malcolm has the unique experience of beginning his apprenticeship in traditional decorative embossed glass prior to continuing onto stained glass conservation. His tradesmen George Young, a glass painter and embosser for City Glass and Abbey Studios came out of retirement to work closely with Stephen and pass on his skills. Setting up Rainbow Glass Studio Ltd alongside Moira in 2001, he continues to use these skills to complete various projects such as the domed roof light in the opulent Gleneagles Townhouse, Edinburgh, and the scheme of embossed glass in Russell Institute, Paisley. Knowledge of these embossing skills has been invaluable to the development of Rainbow Glass Studio Ltd.