Half-A-Moon started in Glasgow in 1987. In 1992 we moved to Inverness, the capital of the Scottish Highlands. In 2000 the studio was moved to Ardersier, 10 miles east of Inverness, we are on the old military  road to Fort George. We are specialists in the art and craft of designing and manufacturing stained glass in both traditional leadwork as done by the medieval monks across Europe for centuries and copper foiling as invented by L.C.Tiffany around 1880. We can make anything from a small light-catcher to a large panel. Our range includes clocks, lamps, mirrors and candleholders as well as pieces for your windows or even the windows themselves!!!! We also do fused and slumped glass, we have a  range of  'hot' glass bowls and platters, from small trinket bowls to large display dishes. We also have a range of one-off fused panels, mainly on the theme of the sea, each one is unique so you will get a piece of art that no-one else will have. A fun thing we do is our 'Leaf Keepsakes', which won us the P&J Highland Trade Fair Award 2000 at the Highland Trade Fair. Leaf Keepsakes are real leaves (Rowan, Fern or Heather) trapped between two pieces of glass, which burn away in the kiln to leave an ash imprint. It is a little piece of the Scottish Highlands to keep forever. There is also a version with little paintings trapped inside the glass, the clever thing is that we fuse the glass at 1550 degrees but the paper does not burn!

Occasionally we are asked to collaborate with other makers who work with different materials. We have done a series of framed silk paintings with Heather Butlin and from 1996 until early 2003 we worked on a range of complementary wrought iron with Alba MC. This included unique "metal" mirrors and "glass" weather vanes. We produced exhibition pieces using the skills of both stained glass and wrought iron as well as some more 'everyday' items. Click on the picture below to get a clearer view of the trophy we designed for the Clarsach Society

We sell from our studio as well as through various retail outlets throughout both Scotland and England. If you are going to be in our area send us an e-mail so we can give you directions to the studio and then come and see us at work. We are usually open to visitors Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 4.30pm, February to December. You may catch us still working there at 11pm sometimes! It is best to give us a phone before visiting just to check that we are in and open as we may be away delivering our latest creation.

Studio 07774 842598

We exhibit at the Scottish Trade shows in Aviemore and Glasgow and sometimes can even be found at craft fairs, the main one we do is our local game fair at Moy Hall on the first Friday and Saturday in August. Come along and see us and let us know that you found us on the web.

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Due the high amount of spam we get we no longer have a hyperlink to an email page so please copy and paste our email address to contact us

info@halfamoon.co.uk

Apologies about this but we get over 2000 junk emails every day.

Tel 07774 842598

Station Road, Ardersier, Inverness, Scotland, IV2 7ST

Studio Open February to December       11am to 4.30pm, Tuesday to Saturday