Paddy Robinson

Paddy Robinson, director of Finglinna Studios, has been working in stained glass for over forty years.

In her early career she worked with Stephen Moor and David Saunders, before in 1989 forming Finglinna Studio with Neil Finn.

She trained in stained glass with Edward Marr in Belfast, N. Ireland and later in engraving with Anne Dybka in Sydney.

Her work  includes architectural glass commissions in many techniques- slab glass-dalles de verre, painting, engraving, laminating, sandblasting as well as exhibition works which have been created in engraved, painted, fused, slumped,  laminated and cast glass. Her exhibition work is usually highly personal in imagery. Her commission work, usually in public buildings, such as churches or clubs is either modern or traditional in style and technique, this work is placed architecturally throughout NSW.

Her exhibition work has been collected in Australia, America, Britain and the Czech Republic. She worked from Sydney for many years and now lives and works from her Sofala studio in the Central West of NSW. She was instrumental in beginning teaching architectural and stained glass at Nepean CAE ( later University of Western Sydney) and since moving out of Sydney has taught privately and at the Western Institute of TAFE.