About

Me: Nelson Alward (Nelly), owner and sole proprietor of Nellyglass Studio. I live in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, and I’m married to my soul mate, Monica; Nellyglass business manager, travel twin, wonderful mother and amazing cook.

I started doing stained glass in 2002 when Monica bought me a 10-hour class for Christmas. I made a goldfinch suncatcher and was hooked. I love equally the artistic creativity and the technical hand skills behind stained glass.

A happy retirement from the education field in 2016 meant I could focus full-time on my craft and that’s when I officially opened…

My Work and This Web Site: photos of my work can be seen in the Gallery (see Menu). You can browse images by category.

Some projects have a story page which captures the full production with text and photos. These are also grouped by category and are found on the home page below the Gallery Slide Show.

the Archived Posts (see Menu): Monica and I love to travel around and keeping a journal is our way of remembering when, where and what we’ve experienced. All my posts eventually end up there as I only display the three most recent on the home page.