Spread the Word!

This work encapsulates Hiscott’s knowledge and understanding of glass and her desire to challenge both herself and the medium.

The monastery was established to continue the teaching of Thomas Berry - a Catholic priest, historian and academic fascinated by the relationship between humanity and the natural world.

TO fulfil the commission, Hiscott returned to her roots in stained glass, deploying screen printing and staining to create these colourful and vibrant windows to create a ‘carpet of colour’.

Deeply researched, her work is expressive of the four themes underlying the commission - The Primal Flaring Forth (the Big Bang), The Birth of the Stars, Earth and Life and The Future.

The first challenge was to find a way of visually expressing these concepts, so she returned to her roots - painting without constraint and then determining how to take these images into glass. The result is four stained glass windows that exude the exuberance, vitality and energy which she sees in the natural world - sympathetic to and enhancing the environment for which they were created.