100 years of Glass at Central St Martins

This three-person presentation on the development of stained glass romped through a century at the art school showing the teachers, their pupils and their work, beginning with Christopher Whall (whose book I had kept trying to read while at IGC). Quite interesting, but I thought they could have taken more of a bird's-eye view of the changes in styles and usage over the century and asked, 'Whither stained glass now?' - which did sort of come up in the questions afterwards. It emerged that architects in the UK are very unadventurous when it comes to commissioning glass as part of the building. Health & safety issues, and the high cost, being factors.

picture shows plan for Lethaby's building in Southampton Row which will give way to a new build in St Pancras in 2011