12 By the Dozen

When Jinnie first posted "Windows" the first thought I had was to go and find a design from  Coventry Cathedral as I wanted to do something modern, and after researching I cannot believe that I have never gone to Coventry to view this amazing building but decided that I didn't want to go the stained glass route as beautiful as it is.  My journey then took me to look for modern windows and found this one below, which spoke to me.

From that point my mind went to a pile of greeting cards I had purchased at one of the cathedrals on one of my visits to the UK some years back and have never used.  They are tile designs circa 1900. The one that I chose to work from is pictured below and which brought to mind Charles Rennie MacKintosh and his roses.

I then decided to change the shape of the window and incorporate the roses into the window.  As can be seen from the original picture the window is looking from the inside to the outside and I have simplified the surrounds.  I liked the idea of the stairs at the side of the original picture as the straight lines complimented the curve of the window but decided that it would make it too fussy and might take away from the original subject.  I then decided to change the shape of the window and incorporate the roses into the window.