Triple Glazing for new "Superhome" : Manchester Evening News April 2011
Classical Glass triple glazed all the stained glass in this state of the art Superhome project
An ecological grand design
Manchester Evening News April 2011
Protecting heritage in Harpurhey : Manchester College
Classical Glass have been involved with the stained glass protection and restoration as part of the Development of the North Manchester Sixth Form College. The innovative plans include the restoration of the Grade Two listed Harpurhey Baths building as a performance and exhibition space for use by the whole community. The new development also includes new classrooms and a fitness suite.
Classical Glass News March 2011
Widnes School opens in style
All Saints School in Widnes has just opened its doors to its brand new building for the first time. To celebrate the new start for the school the head teacher decided to commision Classical Glass to work with the children to design and make two large stained glass windows for above the main entrance doors and internal courtyard doors. The designs use bold vivid colours and show a large rainbow with white doves busting into flight on one window and multicoloured balloons being launched into the air on the other. Stained Glass Designer Andrew Seddon explains, "I was looking to create a lasting first impression of the School being a place of life and learning. With the childrens help we developed some ideas that worked realy well in the finished windows. The colours and movement in the designs realy catch the eye and cause people to stop and consider the designs. We have had some great comments from visitors and parents." Classical Glass News January 2011
New window to celebrate the opening of Hesketh House
Bolton School, one of the countries largest independent schools, celebrates the opening of their impressive new building for the Junior Girls Division, 'Hesketh House', with a beautiful contempory stained glass window designed by Andrew Seddon with help from the children, staff and Head Teacher, Mrs Ruth Brierley.
Stained glass artist Andrew worked with the children to encourage them to develop designs and each make a small stained glass window of their own.
He then took their artwork for inspiration for the new window. The window is to symbolise the new start for the school and is being inspired by a beautiful poem by Thomas Carlyle,
“So here hath been dawning another blue day:
Think, wilt thou let it slip useless away?
Out of eternity this new day is born; Into eternity at night "twill return.”
Andrew explains, "I have been working with the staff and children to come up with designs for the new stained glass window. I have chosen to use beautiful deep blue and violet shades of hand made glass for a morning sky which will contrast vividly with the orange, red and amber rays of the dawning sun. I also have a vision for using fusing techniques to intensify the effect of the suns rays by layering glass and heating it until it melts together. This will give a brilliant shimmering effect to the glass which will really catch the eye."
Classical Glass News October 2010
High praise for Bolton stained glass window company : Bolton News March 2010
MILLIONS of TV viewers will see a montage of beautiful stained glass work created by a Bolton company.
The work of Classical Glass will be featured on the BBC popular Songs of Praise programme on Sunday.
The St Helens Road-based firm was approached by a Manchester film company and asked to supply stained glass panels.
Classical Glass director Andrew Seddon, said: “They asked us to supply
them with some of our stained glass that they could use to film some
very close up shots in their studio using a computer
controlled moving camera.
“We supplied some our beautiful domestic stained glass and also
arranged the loan of some Victorian painted stained glass from St Mary’s
RC Church in Manchester.
“They have also taken some high definition photos of the stained glass
at St Mary’s showing the new window alongside the old restored glass.”
For the last 20 years Andrew and Corina Seddon who run Classical Glass, have built up a solid reputation.
Mr Seddon, who lives in Bolton also runs stained glass making classes above the shop and has recently set up a digital design and printing service,
using skills he and his team have developed through making stained glass.
The couple built up their stained glass business from a hobby started by Mr Seddon, who trained as an engineer.
The hobby took over and while his wife worked as a teacher he built up the business which now employs six people.
In addition to the popular classes at the store and Mr Seddon often
works with children in schools on large stained glass making projects,
completing one such project at St Williams school in Great
Lever.
l The film sequence will be shown in the programme to be aired on
Sunday March 21 on BBC 2. Songs of Praise will be on BBC 2 instead of
its normal slot on BBC 1 because of Sport Relief. The
programme is currently scheduled for 16:35-17:10 on Sunday.
Bringing Sunshine into your life
Classical
Glass has launched its latest venture, The Sunshine Personalised
Clothing and Photo Merchandise Company. The new brand will produce
beautiful photos of stained glass as well as customers own photos on a
wide range of clothing, mugs, bags and gifts.
The Bolton News , November 2009
A COMPANY known for making and repairing stained glass windows is
using its creativity to produce bespoke printing on a variety of unusual
surfaces.
For the last 20 years Andrew and Corina Seddon who run Classical
Glass, have built up a solid reputation for high quality stained glass
for homes and historic buildings such as churches.
Now they are launching a new branch of the company called Sunshine, based at the company’s premises on St Helens Road.
They invested more than £7,000 in special printers which can transfer
designs, either their own or from clients, to many objects, including
mugs, T-shirts, mouse mats, bags and purses — not just
glass.
Through a variety of techniques and specialised equipment the Sunshine
Personalised Clothing and Photo Merchandise Company brand was set up
this summer to offer full colour printed clothing and
gifts.
Mr Seddon, who lives in Breightmet, said: “We could see the recession starting to bite and took the view that we could either sit and hold on, waiting for
the effects to come and weather the storm, or we could see it as an opportunity to diversify.
“We looked at why our business was successful, we have a highly
trained, skilled and motivated team of people, we have well developed IT
and web skills, we have a flair for design but we had also
some spare capacity within our premises and staff.
“So we looked for an add-on to our existing business that would be a
good fit, utilising the skills we already had and would make use of our
design back catalogue.
“We decided to invest in the latest digital printing technology that
would allow us to produce beautiful vivid full colour images and text
into clothing, T-shirts, ceramic mugs, fabric shoulder
bags, purses, wallets, mouse mats and many more.
“We have already had enquiries and orders from local councils,
colleges, schools, businesses, sports and dance clubs as well as many
individual orders for one off birthday gifts.
“We are looking forward to Christmas with the expectation of being overwhelmed with orders for personalised presents.”
The couple have built up their stained glass business from a hobby started by Mr Seddon, who trained as an engineer.
Classical Glass now runs popular stained glass making classes at the
store and Mr Seddon often works with children in schools on large
stained glass making projects, completing one such project at
St Williams school in Great Lever.
Dovers Green School Celebrates in Style
The Children of Dovers Green School in Surrey helped to design their own stained glass window to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the school.
"I designed the new window with help from the year 2 children." explained Andrew Seddon, Director of Classical Glass. "We worked together to come up with ideas and stained glass designs to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the school. The result is a stunningly beautiful and colourful design with a bold rainbow, flowers, sun and even a helicopter. The head teacher, class teacher and children were all delighted with the window which I encapsulated into triple glazed unit made from toughened glass and fitted into the space above the main door to the large dinning hall in the school. This type of school project is a real joy for me. To help the children to use their great ideas to come up with the design for their own window is just fantastic. I also showed the children how to make a small stained glass window of their own by using plexiglass, coloured film and strip lead to make up their design. The school put the finished windows on display in the windows of the hall along with a display of the art project. The Head Teacher, Sue Hillman, was very complimentary about the window and the whole project saying that she would recommend me to anyone who asked. Very kind, thank you all at Dovers Green School! "
Classical Glass News November 2009
Something Fishy
Going On!
The school children at St Williams School were excited to see their designs made into stained glass.
Stained glass specialists Classical Glass had made the beautiful windows following a design and make school art project run by Stained Glass Artist Andrew Seddon.
The new windows were triple glazed and fitted into a new window frame in the Learning Support Room the school which is decorated with pictures from the children's book 'The Rainbow Fish'.
Classical Glass News March 2009
Top Celebrity Meets Classical Glass
Classical Glass entered the Premier League this week when Bolton Wanderers Mascot, Lofty the Lion, took time out of his busy schedule to talk to Andrew and Emily Seddon of Classical Glass. He was guest of honour at the opening of St. Helens Road Methodist Church's Christmas tree festival. Classical Glass had joined in the spirit of the festival by sponsoring and decorating a tree with their hand made tiffany glass decorations.
The festival was a great success with a steady stream of visitors enjoying over 30 themed trees.
Classical Glass News. December 2008
Artisan of the Year 2008, for outstanding support of future artisans
Andrew Seddon and Classical Glass Ltd have been awarded the national prestigeous Artisan of the year Award. The award was announced during the awards cerimony at the National Trust's Historic Cliveden House in Berkshire. A beautiful, specially commisioned trophy along with prize money and a selection of 'The Balvenie' Whisky were presented to Andrew who is also to feature in the Country Living Magazine november 2008 issue.
"I am so proud to have won this Award," said Andrew. "It is a testimony to the hard work we have all put in to this company over the past 17 years. I plan to build on this success by opening a dedicated stained glass, arts & crafts Academy at the Classical Glass Studio that will give everyone the chance to learn this wonderful craft."
Classical Glass News October 2008
School boy Kristian Fithergill , aged 10 , has had his design made into a stained glass window to celebrate the founding of his new school.
Leverhulme School in Bolton opened its doors for the first time in September 2006 after two schools merged. Stained Glass Company Classical Glass Ltd stepped in with the offer to make a stained glass window to mark the opening of the new school and Managing Director Andrew Seddon worked with the Head Teacher Mr Ashton, Class Teacher Mrs Draper and year 4 children to come up with the design ideas.
The design drawn by Kristian was chosen to be made into the stained glass for the front doors to the school. He was asked to unveil the window and said, "I am so happy that my design was chosen. The design shows a new start for the school."
Mrs Draper was very pleased with the result, "The children are all very proud that the window has been made as a result of their work. It gives them a great sense of ownership of the school." The Bolton News, September 2008
Country Living Magazine 'Artisan of the year' Awards 2008
Classical Glass Ltd are finalists in the Country Living magazine's Artisan Awards this year.
The awards are like the Oscars for traditional crafts and seek out the most talented craftspeople from across the country so to be considered for the top award is a real honour. Andrew Seddon, Manager of Classical Glass Ltd, was very enthusiastic about the prospect, " I am so excited about the Awards because it is a true accolade and recognises all the hard work we have put in over the years to make this business the success it is today."
The winners will be announced at the Awards day in October this year and Classical Glass Ltd will feature in Country Living Magazine in November with a full page spread dedicated to the company.
July 2008, The Bolton News
Business of the year 2008!
Classical Glass Ltd has been nominated by Business Bolton, the business development agency of Bolton Council, for the Business of the year 2008. This prestigeous award is given for business excellence and just to be nominated is a great acheivement.
Managing Director of Classical Glass Ltd, Andrew Seddon was delighted when the news was announced, "This award is a testiment to the hard work we have put into the business in the last two years to build a modern company but not to loose the traditional nature of our craft. This has been a team effort and praise should go to all members of our staff."
The winners of the awards will be announced at a Black Tie dinner later this year.
May 2008, Classical Glass News
CHAS Registration success
Classical Glass Ltd have been approved and registered by CHAS, the Government run register of approved contractors for their Health and Safety Systems. Over the years local authority health and safety and procurement professionals, with the support of the Health and Safety Executive, have developed the Contractor Health and Safety assessment scheme (CHAS). The scheme is available for use by any public and private sector organizations to use when shortlisting contractors, suppliers and consultants (companies) who apply to work for them. It provides information about the health and safety part of their application.
Companies apply to join the scheme so everyone knows they meet acceptable standards of health and safety compliance. Clients from both the public and private sectors are users of the scheme. With only 14% of companies who apply being accepted it is a real achievement and is the result of many hours of hard work by the Corina Seddon the Business Director and the management team at Classical Glass Ltd. This is built on the back of successful registration with Constructionline, which is the Government register of pre-approved contractors in the UK construction industry, and now makes the company very attractive and easy to use by large building contractors, Local Authorities and the Public Sector because the contractor approval process is much simpler.
April 2008 : Classical Glass News
Church's Stained Glass Creation
Churchgoers in Deane have been delighted with their new stained glass window that has been installed in time for Easter.
Stained Glass experts at Classical Glass had been trusted with the project to design and make a new window to depict The Creation.
The designer of the window, Andrew Seddon, at Classical Glass explains the design.
“When I designed this window I imagined what it would have been like to have been at the creation of everything we know and can see.” explains Andrew, “The window shows an image of God’s immense power and energy during the days of creation. I wanted fill the church with light and movement and produce something that would be relevant to people today. I have also included a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus within the design to bring in the beginning and the end of God’s plan which is particularly relevant as Christians prepare to celebrate Easter.”
The window which stands 7 feet tall, dominates the new entrance to the church and has been planned to cast the suns rays across the front of the church during the morning worship.
The members of the church will see the new window for the first time this Easter weekend, after Andrew worked until the early hours to get the window finished on time.
The Bolton News : March 2008
Memorial Window for Fr Joe Malon, a much loved Priest. A BEAUTIFUL stained glass window has been presented to St Brendan’s School in Harwood in memory of the late Monsignor Joseph Mallon.
The window depicting the school badge and crest, had been commissioned by Father Mallon and was to be his gift to the school on his retirement as chairman of governors.
He died in October, aged 65, just days before he was due to retire as parish priest of St Brendan’s Church.
The school held a special assembly during which the window was presented to the school by Classical Glass.
Headteacher Anne Thornton said, “We explained to the children the importance of the window and how it will be a reminder of Father Mallon, who was such a good friend to the school. It evokes a great depth of feeling.”
December 2007, Bolton News
The Patriots Get New Sponsorship Deal
Bromley Cross Football Club Under 15’s - ‘The Patriots’
The Bolton Boys and Girls Football Federation side have a new sponsor - Classical Glass for the 2007/8 Season.
Pictured is Classical Glass MD Andrew Seddon presenting the shirts to the Patriots manager Mike Stanton.
November 2007, Bolton News