Emma Butler-Cole Aiken

From 1984-88, Emma studied at Edinburgh College of Art, specialising in
stained glass and graduating with a BA(Hons). She became a self-employed stained glass artist in 1994 and since then Emma has completed over 40 commissions, and exhibits widely whilst occasionally teaching part-time.

In 2002, Emma was elected an Associate of the British Society of Master Glass Painters and since 2007, Emma has been a stained glass consultant to the Church of Scotland Art and Architecture Committee. In September 2011, Emma received a Saltire Society Art and Craft in Architecture Commendation for her window "Dove" in Broxburn Parish Church.

Emma uses the traditional stained glass techniques of painting, staining and etching glass, but also sandblasts and fuses, sometimes combining many techniques in one piece. She uses beautiful handmade sheet glass, especially English Antique Glass, which has particularly fine qualities. Her creative ethos encompasses traditional techniques in combination w... [more]