Glaziers Hall London

GLAZIERS HALL LONDON

Views from the Thames - River Room The wall-hanging is composed of three scenes, which The stitching was undertaken by prisoners, ex- The wall-hanging was unveiled at Glaziers Hall (1.35m x 6.5m) 2015 together depict ‘The Great River Race’, starting at offenders and volunteers from across the UK in July 2015 by the Lord Mayor of London, Greenwich and finishing at Ham House above Richmond. supported by Fine Cell Work, the charity which Alderman Alan Yarrow, and dedicated by the In the first part we see the cutter passing through trains inmates in embroidery and textile skills, Very Revd Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark. I was commissioned by Past Master Glazier Peter Doe Tower Bridge and London Bridge with Glaziers Hall to and took over 4,000 hours to create. Katy Emck, and his wife, Liveryman Janet Doe, to design a wall- the left, and the Fishmongers Hall and the Gherkin to founding director of Fine Cell Work, said: “No It has since featured in an exhibition at the hanging for the River Room at Glaziers Hall, on the the right. wall-hanging to date has so extensively used Guildhall Library, celebrating the history of the south bank of the River Thames in London. I wanted to The second scene shows the cutter passing the Rose such modern embroidery techniques on such a Glaziers Company through precious items celebrate the relationship between the Glaziers window of Winchester Palace, Southwark Cathedral and scale.” Clive, a former prisoner who worked on from their collections: ‘The Worshipful Company and the River Thames, and so decided to Tate Modern to the left, and St Paul’s Cathedral to the the project, said: “Working with Fine Cell Work Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass depict the ‘Master Glazier’, a Thames Waterman Cutter right. In the final part the cutter passes the London eye has helped me to change my mind-set – being through the Ages’ (25 January – 23 March 2016). sponsored by the Glaziers Foundation, on the River to the left and the Houses of Parliament to the right, useful within the community – also for the Thames, with iconic landmarks bordering its banks with Westminster, Lambeth and Vauxhall bridges ahead clients. That gives you back your self-esteem.” from Tower Bridge to the Palace of Westminster. and the Glaziers’ Coat of Arms above.