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.
![]() | Stained Glass Cartoon artist: John Edwards firm/studio: Glantawe Studios drawing |
![]() | St Francis artist: John Edwards firm/studio: Glantawe Studios about 1988 drawing |
![]() | Cartoon for Children's Window artist: John Edwards firm/studio: Glantawe Studios about 1991 drawing |
![]() | Candle Window with Mouse artist: John Edwards firm/studio: Glantawe Studios about 1993 drawing |
Doves and Rainbow artist: John Edwards firm/studio: Glantawe Studios about 1995 drawing | |
![]() | Stained Glass Cartoon artist: John Edwards firm/studio: Glantawe Studios about 2000 drawing |
![]() | Stained Glass Cartoon artist: John Edwards firm/studio: Glantawe Studios 2000 drawing |
![]() | Stained Glass Cartoon artist: John Edwards firm/studio: Glantawe Studios 2001 drawing |
![]() | Stained Glass Cartoon artist: John Edwards firm/studio: Glantawe Studios 2001 drawing |
![]() | The Sacred Heart artist: John Edwards firm/studio: Glantawe Studios 2002 drawing |
Maurice Broady, 'Stained Glass Design in Wales' Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, vol. 6 (new series) (2000), 155, 158-9.