Windows

I make windows on a commissioned basis for houses and boats. I use a technique of laminating decorative glass to safety glass, so that my panels conform to building regulations and boat safety requirements. Please contact me if you are interested in a bespoke window panel.

Houses

I can make windows for houses as single, double or triple glazed units. The units are constructed by Worksop company Master Glass.

‘Tranquility’ at Swan House

‘Tranquility’ is the title of these commissioned door panels that I made for the owners of ‘Swan House’. The photos show highlights from the process of making the panels.

  • The completed door panels installed in the customers' home. View from the inside in daylight, showing the top panel with the name Swan House and the bottom panel with a single swan on the canal.
    Competed Door Inside – Daylight
  • Large bottom panel early in the making progress before firing. Swan is in colour. The trees and canal bank are in black outlined.
    Swan and Tree – Before Firing
  • Early stage in the make with the black for the foliage complete and the swan in detail.
    Swan – Before First Firing
  • Tree branch section of glass in the kiln before firing with glass frit for the leaves.
    Tree Branch in Kiln
  • Close up of the swan and tree from the bottom panel. This is before the glass is fired to create the tree.
    Before firing the Tree
  • Bottom panel in construction. Several sections are fired, but others are waiting to be put in the kiln
    Firing Stages
  • Top door panel with the house name 'Swan House' and 2 swans in flight.
    ‘Swan House’ Panel
  • Kate with the large bottom panel before it is made into the double-glazed unit.
    Completed decorative glass
  • Completed large panel in the back of the customers' car for the journey to its new home
    In the Car
  • Door panels installed in the customers' home. The white of the swans in prominent against the background of the canal and sky
    Door Outside – Daytime
  • Door panels installed in the customers' home. The background of the sky and canal is subdued, but the swans are highlighted.
    Door – Inside Nighttime
  • The completed door panels installed in the customers' home. View from the outside at nighttime.
    Door Outside – Nighttime
  • Brass plate installed by the customers saying 'Tranquility by Kathryn Webley'
    Name Plate

Examples of Window Panels in Houses

Circular window. The Cathedral with trees and the river in the foreground.
‘St Albans Cathedral’ double glazed Unit
Fused glass panel with an oak tree with red/orange autumn leaves reflected in the canal.
‘Autumn Reflections’ Door Panel
‘Dawn Rose’ glass for triple glazed unit
‘Twilight’ door panel
‘Blossom’ doubled glazed unit
‘Tree at Sunset’ door panel

Boat Panels

I can make fused glass boat door panels for new boats under construction or to be retro fitted to an older boat. I have worked with a number of boat builders including Braidbar, Cain Narrowboats, TriStar, Finesse, Aqua, Colecraft, Bourne Boatbuilders and Boating Leisure Services. My windows have twice featured in the boats that have won Favourite Narrowboat at the Crick Boat Show; in 2019 on ‘Two Hoots’ from Boating Leisure Services and in 2017 on ‘Threpence Ha’penny’ by Bourne Boatbuilders.

Luna Moonbeam Project

Here is a slide show for this project where I dusted off my woodworking skills and made both the glass and oak frames for bow and stern doors on the boat.

  • Completed stern doors with the glass showing a sunset on a river with bull rushes
    ‘Sunset on the Water’ Stern Doors
  • The bow door panels with the glass in a 'Moonrise ' design,
    ‘Moonrise’ Bow Doors
  • Kathryn on the shell of the boat measuring the gap for the bow doors.
    Measuring Up
  • Kathryn using a router to make the rebate in the wood to fit the glass
    Routing the Door Frames
  • The wooden frames for the door frames clamped whilst the glue is drying
    Gluing the Frames
  • Varnish drying on the wooden frames for the doors.
    Varnish Drying
  • Kathryn holding the 2 panels to the light to show the river bank design.
    Decorative Glass for Stern Doors
  • Kathryn standing on the gunwale of the boat checking the door frames fit.
    Checking the Size of the Frames
  • Kathryn cleaning the glass before installing the panels
    Finishing Touches
  • Kathryn sitting on the bow of the boat fitting the door panels.
    Installing the ‘Moonrise’ Doors
  • Stern doors open showing the design on the glass with the river bank and vibrant sky.
    Stern Doors Open
  • The finished doors with the glass showing the moon amongst trees.
    ‘Moonrise’ Bow Doors

Examples of Boat Windows and Door Panels

Fused glass door panel. Design is young trees reflected in the canal with Spring Flowers on the towpath.
‘Springtime Reflections’ on Butty Bach
Fused glass interior door panel. Design is moon rising behind silhouetted tree branches with a crow in flight.
‘Night Time Tree’ on Hrafn by Braidbar
Fused glass interior door panel on a narrowboat. The design single tree with vivid coloured leaves and crows.
‘Autumn Tree’ on Hrafn by Braidbar
Fused glass door panel on narrowboat Dilly Dally showing the boat under a bridge with a dog on the towpath.
‘Canal Bridge’ on Dilly Dally by Aqua Narrowboats
Glass door panel featuring a tree and spring flowers
‘Spring’ on Celia May by Braidbar Boats
Glass door panel featuring a tree with the moon rising
‘Moonlight’ on Celia May by Braidbar Boats
Fused glass interior door panel on a narrowboat. The design is a silver birth tree reflected in the canal at sunset.
‘Autumn Birch’ NB by Bath Canal Craft
Glass panel in narrow boat side hatch, Design is a tree in Summertime near a canal.


‘Canal Bank #1’ Side Hatch on Nobby
Glass panel in narrow boat side hatch. Design is a tree in blossom near a canal.
‘Canal Bank #2’ Side Hatch on Nobby
Glass sphashbacks behind a range. Design is a meadow and a sunset in woodland.
‘Woodland Meadow’ on a Dutch Barge
Boat fused glass interior door panel showing 2 owls perched in a tree at sunset. The scene is reflected in a canal.
‘Owls at Sunset’ NB Curiosity by Braidbar Boats
Boat interior glass door panel. Sunsetting behind Glastonbury Tor with the Pyramid Stage in the foreground.
‘Sunset at Glastonbury Tor’ on Gilbert by Aqua Narrowboats
Interior boat glass door panel. Moon rising at Glastonbury. Tree in the foreground with a dog silhouetted sitting under it.
‘Moonrise at Glastonbury’ on Gilbert by Aqua Narrowboats
‘Canal Cottage’ on a Jonathan Wilson Boat
Changing Season Glass In a Narrow Boat Cratch. Features Canal Bridge and Kingfisher.



‘Seasons Canal Scene’ Cratch Glass on Alcedo by Cain Narrowboats
‘Sunset’ on T’owd Lass by Cain Narrowboats
Boat interior door panel showing a winter scene of narrow boat moored near a bridge with trees reflected in the canal.
‘Winter Canal Bridge’ on Perfect Timing by Aqua Narrowboats
Boat interior door panel showing a narrow boat moored near a bridge with trees reflected in the canal.
‘Spring Canal Bridge’ on Perfect Timing by Aqua Narrowboats
‘Twilight’ on Two Hoots
by Boating Leisure Services
‘Canal Scene’ on Caress of Steel by Finesse
‘Dusk #2’ on Fernweh
Glass for ‘Alcedo’ by Cain Narrowboats
‘Autumn’ on Matilda
by Braidbar
‘Spring’ on Matilda
by Braidbar
Sunset Reflections Door Panel
‘Reflections’ on ‘The
Piano Boat’ by TriStar
‘Winter’ on Threpence
Ha’penny by Bourne Narrowboats
‘Cherry Blossom’ on Flutterby by Braidbar
‘Spring Time’ Hare on Harebell by Aqua Narrowboats
Night Time scene with NB 'Astraea' moored near a canal bridge.
‘Night Time Canal’ on Astraea by Aqua Narrowboats
Night Time scene with a tree in moonlight reflected in the canal
‘Night Time Reflections’ on Astraea by Aqua Narrowboats

Portholes

I can make fused glass for portholes for new boats under construction and retro-fit to older boats. I have worked with boat window manufacturers Caldwells, Channel Glaze and Wesley Marine Windows.

Porthole with a canal scene and a Kingfisher having caught a fish.
‘Kingfisher’ NB Sixty Four unit by Caldwells Wndows
Porthole with a canal scene and a Kingfisher having caught a fish.
‘Kingfisher’ – NB Sixty-Four unit by Caldwells windows
Glass porthole. Design showing a canal with the sunset reflected in the water.
‘Canal Sunset’ on Gilbert unit by Channel Glaze
Double glazed porthole. Design is 2 trees with red, yellow and oranges leafs.
‘Autumn’ Double-Glazed Caldwells
Windows
Boat porthole with glass showing Blackthorn in blossom on the canal towpath
‘Spring Blackthorn’ Frame by Caldwells Windows
Boat porthole with glass showing trees at sunset reflected in the canal.
‘Sunset Reflections’ frame by Wesley Marine Windows
Boat porthole with glass showing a tree at sunset with cow parley and poppies.
‘Sunset Cow Parsley’ Frame by Cauldwells Windows
Glass porthole with design of a kingfisher perched on a rock beside a canal.
‘Kingfisher’ on ‘Gilbert double-glazed unit by Channel Glaze
Reflections Porthole
‘Reflections’ on The Piano Boat by TriStar
bridge porthole
‘River Bridge’ Retro-Fit
‘Spring’ Retro-Fit on a Braidbar Boat
‘Autumn’ Retro-Fit on a Braidbar Boat
‘Willow’ Porthole Retro-Fit
‘Canal Tunnel’ on an MGM Boat
‘Canal Bridge’ on an MGM Boat
Boat porthole with glass showing tree with Autumn foliage.
‘Autumn’ Frame by Caldwells Windows