Impressionist images provide an exciting challenge for a stained glass artist. The use of light and the manipulation of color in an Impressionist painting is inspiring, and also a little daunting. To capture the feeling of the original, just the right glasses must be chosen. Since this style of painting usually consists of soft layers…
Century Studios’ new home is about to go Technicolor! We will begin painting the walls and ceiling of our new space this week. We are getting very excited to move in and get things set up, but there are many gallons of paint to be spread about before that can happen. Once we complete the…
We recently completed a 16″ Pomegranate shade for a San Francisco client. The shade was created in amber/yellow tones and is being used as a table lamp with one of our exclusive Pottery lamp bases. The amber-glazed “Kendrick” pottery design of the base perfectly compliments the shade. The Pomegranate is a variation on the Acorn…
Here are a couple of small geometric lamps that we recently completed for a client in California. The 10″ Acorn shade on the Queen Anne’s Lace base makes a great small accent lamp. The slender candlestick base works well with this shade. The 14″ Geometric shade was created with a Budding Gourd pottery lamp base….
Century Studios is excited to introduce the latest in our collection of Limited Edition Dragonfly Vases. Created exclusively for Century Studios by Ephraim Faience Pottery in a signed, numbered edition of 50 hand made pieces, this years vase is the eleventh in our series. We are now accepting pre-orders for this vase, which will be…
On Sunday February 7, Irwin Terry and Bill Campbell gave a presentation about Tiffany lamps and Century Studio’s work reproducing these famous designs to the Twin Cities Bungalow Club. The 1-1/2 hour presentation began with a history of Tiffany Studios, and how Tiffany lamps have become the gold standard for all stained glass lighting. We…
Bill has completed the preliminary work for our next window project: Renoir’s On the Terrace. Translating any Impressionist painting into a stained glass window is a challenge because there are few hard lines or clear delineations to the images. The first step to creating any stained glass piece is to make the cartoon. When working…
Things have been moving along in the new studio space. Upstairs, the glass rack is working its way skyward at the back half of the studio. Bill has been painting the grey walls on the lower level a bright, crisp white. Early last week, we completed our “Four Seasons” window project for a client in…
The 16″ Pansy lamp which was commissioned by a Minnesota couple has been completed (see posting on 1/12/09 for “Part 1” of this shade’s construction). Once the foiled pieces of glass had been transferred onto the waxed form, Irwin soldered the shade. When the soldering was completed, the shade was cleaned, plated, patinated and is…
While Bill is laying out the remaining two panels of the “Four Seasons” windows for our Wisconsin client, Irwin has been working on several geometric shades, as well as a floral design at the same time. Talk about multi-tasking! The floral shade nearing completion is a 16″ Pansy for a local client. The pansy is…