We recently had the good fortune to have one of our early windows in the studio to be photo- graphed. This “Woman in the Woods” window was created as a studio piece in 1994, and was sold from the showroom. It recently changed hands and the current owner brought it by for us to revisit…
Over the past two weeks we worked on and completed a number of projects that were waiting to get finished up once we got past our September show. The first project was a large skylight that was made in a Persian floor tile pattern. The larger squares were transparent to let in a lot of…
Visitors to our Minneapolis showroom/studio have found more than just lamps and large window projects available for purchase. In our showroom’s front window we always have smaller items that will range in size and price. These smaller “suncatchers” are affordable as gift items and add a splash of color to any window. Many of our…
Completed in June 2008, Love’s Messenger was inspired by Maria Spartali Stillman’s painting of the same name. We have altered the countenance of the figure to make this window a portrait. This window has all the bells and whistles – Painted features, multiple plated layers, three dimensional glass and lots of piecework. One of the…
The Venus window is now complete and delivered. The posting showing the beginning of Venus window’s construction was posted on August 25, 2008. Venus is the goddess of love and possesses the “golden apple” which was presented to her by Paris. Scholars believe the apple was really an orange, since they were much scarcer than…
When visiting Lillian Nassau Gallery in New York City, we were always impressed by Tiffany Studio’s Autumn Folding Screen which they had on display. The gallery has since sold this masterpiece in glass and we decided to create a reproduction of this impressive creation. Our first challenge was to create the metal framework that would…
The goddess Venus is the subject of our most recent window commission. Based on a painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from 1864-68, the face and hair of the original oil painting have been altered to create a portrait window. We are in the middle of production on this piece, and thought we would post some…
Completed in June 2008 for a New York client, this “Portrait Window” is based on the painting “Veronica Veronese” by Pre- Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. We find that due to the subjects, compositions and details, paintings from this era translate nicely into stained glass windows. At the right, you see the completed window. This…
Drapery glass was invented by the glassmakers at Tiffany Studios to recreate, in glass, the folds of fabric in garments. It was also used extensively in floral windows when representing saucer magnolia trees. Tiffany’s lamp department used this unique glass in the large 28″ Magnolia shade.In the photograph to the right, you will see a…