Kathy received her commission after Mott was electrocuted in a work accident last year. She completed the glass sections of the window at Whatuwhiwhi, then leaded them after moving to the UK to undertake a commission for a chapel window for a school in Surrey, and to enter the Dylan Thomas centennial stained glass competition in Swansea, where she trained in the 1980s.
Design details include circles on the moth's wings to denote a ship's helm, bicycle wheels, peace signs, and a compass rose with a reverse electric warning sign on the moth's body, a reference to the cause of Mott's death. The frame, now covered with Grenada chocolate wrappers, came from a Kaitaia op shop.
When light shines through the window, several wing sections vividly refract the sun's rays, and appear as large eyes.
Meanwhile, Kathy, who last year was funded by Creative NZ to design and make windows for the wharenui and new wharekai at her marae at Whakapara and made the altar window for the church there in 1999, will stage a solo show of stained glass and paintings at Kaan Zamaan Gallery in Kerikeri in March next year.