The window you created at Glencairn is really beautiful and it really enhances the sacred space. Simplicity is one of the values of Cistercian life which is not easily achieved, but you have achieved it in a most profound way in that I know it will enhance people’s lives as they spend time in quiet reflection and prayer there”.

“I asked the glass artist Bianca Divito to create a piece called “perpetual motion” to represent the fact that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It surrounds the front door. It’s so beautiful. When the light comes from outside, it illuminates our home with all these colours. It looks to me like my heart and all of this flowing through it. It sustains us every day.”

Arts can come in many forms, but a stained glass window is something special. Bianca’s creation of a Kingfisher Bird for me was something wonderful and most unusual.  Hopefully it will last a thousand years and like the stained glass window’s of old – will always be there for others to admire.

I have always loved stained glass so when I saw Bianca Divito’s work, I decided to commission a large stained glass hanging for a window in my new apartment.  The colours and changing light reflections in my stained glass piece vary with the time of day, the sunlight and the seasons, and never fail to delight and add a welcome dimension to my day.  Bianca involves her clients when she is designing and choosing her glass and colours.  I can definitely recommend her work.  She is an artist with talent.

Bianca’s work for us on our refurbishment was just perfect. She listened to us carefully and helped define the scope of work. Her personal standards and professionalism throughout were matched by her enthusiasm, which was extremely high and positively infectious! It was a real pleasure to engage with her and we would not hesitate in recommending her.

The work Bianca did in the chapel of Cherryfield Lodge structured the space and defined its purpose for the first time.  Moving the lovely Evie Hone ‘Gospel’ windows from their frame at the back of the chapel and mounting them at the top of the entrance passage has not only allowed their beauty to be seen and shine out, it has also made the entrance passage feel like an entrance into a holy place, as indeed it is.

I had no idea that the finished stained glass window would be such a masterpiece and this was reflected in my emotions when I saw it for the first time. This project was a very personal memory and tribute to my late wife Marion, and you made it very extra special for me.