Tessa Verrecchia - Curriculum Vitae
Education
Fine art Diploma at Saint Martin's School of Art and a second Diploma in stained glass at Central Saint Martin's School of Art. Followed by fused glass workshops.
Experience
- 1990 - Stained glass panel commissioned by town planner with Arup Associates
- 1991 - Stained glass panel commissioned by Dennis Sharp Architects
- 1993 - Giorgio's memorial window
- 1994 - 6ft stained glass window in an 1850 listed house, London
- 1996 - 6ft stained glass window in an 1850 listed house
- 1996 - 3ft diameter fused glass wheel window for new extension, St. Albans
- 1997 - Eight fused glass panels for a private commission, Surrey
- 1998 - Restoration of church windows: Parish church of St. Martin's, Shenley and Lemsford Church, Herts
- 1998 - Four fused panels, Hoddesdon Museum, Herts
- 1999 - Two 6ft x 1ft fused panels, framed in oak, Cheshunt, Herts
- 1999 - Two 4ft x 3ft stained glass windows in St. Paul's, Luton
- 2000 - 3ft and 2ft high fanlights in Richmond, London and Cheshunt, Herts
- 2001 - A varied selection of fused glass panels with sandblasted surrounds in private homes
- 2002 - "Madonna and Child" window for St. Richard's Church, Slindon, West Sussex
- 2002 - Two 7ft by 3ft anniversary windows for the Royal Marsden Hospital, celebrating 150 years since Mr. Marsden built it
- 2003 - 7ft window "A Day In The Life of Bayford School"
- 2003 - Essendon Church, 9ft Millennium window for the bellringers
- 2004 - Restored 2 Art Deco windows 64" x 14" for a private house in Essendon, Herts
- 2004 - Varied selection of fused glass panels sold at Open Studio
- 2005 - Restoration of panels in Wrotham Park Chapel, Potters Bar
- 2005 - Restoration of panels in a private house in Essendon
- 2005 - 6 panels 90cm x 23cm for a private house near Hertford inspired by Hundertwasser the famous Austrian artist
- 2006 - Panel for St. Joseph Catherine Junior School, Enfield
- 2006 - Panel for Sisters of Mercy Convent, Wales
- 2006 - 4 fused and sandblasted panels 10 sq. ft. in a private house in Hunsdon, Herts
- 2006 - Pieces sold at Open Studio
- 2007 - Front door panel in a house in Scotland
- 2007 - Front door panel in a house in Oxford
- 2007 - Pieces sold at Open Studio
- 2008 - Memorial window for Gladys Ball 6.3 sq. ft. in a private home in Herts
- 2008 - Danesbury Home for MS sufferers, Welwyn
- 2009 - Matthew and Emily's wedding present
- 2009 - Elegant traditional lettering for All Saints' Church, Datchworth, Herts
- 2009 - A ten-year commemorative stained and fused glass window for The Lamb Family
- 2010 - Commemorative panel for Dave and Amanda's wedding
Exhibitions
- Kimpton May Festival Art Show 2010
- The Tower Centre in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire during spring 2010
- Lowewood Museum, Hoddesdon
- Tessa is a member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, whose seventy artists exhibited their work at The Cochrane Gallery, Holborn, from July-November 2008
- The Leicester Gallery
- The Bernard Becker Glass Gallery, London
- The Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral
- Herts Open Studio