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Mary Firth’s bits of coloured glass

By Station Gallery 
on May 26, 2018
 with 2 comments

My mum came from Aberdeen. Her mum was widowed when mum was two and they lived with ‘Granny Davidson’ until they came to Canada in 1923. My grandmother became a housekeeper for a wealthy family in Toronto. In other words, they had very little. Mum married eventually, but there was never any extra money. So the old saying ‘Waste not, want not’ was ingrained into us three kids at a very early age.

Mum was the queen of recycling! Christmas cards back then were folded in four, so if no long winded relative hadn’t filled the whole card with writing mum would save the precious blank paper for us kids to draw and colour on with our broken bits of crayon. ( Crayola produced only eight colours back then – I’m old!)

So I guess the Scot in me can’t throw away bits of coloured glass.  They end up, sorted by colour, in seventeen shoe boxes on a shelving unit in the sun porch. Periodically I use these scraps to create a unique panel or a number of sun catchers – small birds, flowers, snowflakes etc. The scrap supply is constantly replenished so I am always challenged to create something new. So thanks, Mum, for teaching us to recycle!

Mary Fraser Firth (note the middle name!)

Mary will be in the gallery again on the 2nd June.

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  1. Caroline Currer says:
    April 12, 2022 at 4:21 pm

    I am looking for a piece of stained glass art work, approximately
    12” x 12”. If there are any in your gallery, please give me aa call at 705-731-0888. Thank you.

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    • Marys says:
      May 18, 2022 at 3:24 pm

      Hello, Sorry, we just saw this. If you want to get in touch with Mary Firth, her details are on her page, and you can contact her directly. Thank you.

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