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Design & Fabrication

STAINED GLASS

Traditional leaded windows in mouth-blown antique glass, hand-painted and kiln-fired for the building they will live in.

Stained glass is the studio’s oldest discipline and still its largest. We design and fabricate traditional leaded windows in mouth-blown antique glass and opalescent Tiffany reproduction glass, painted by hand and fired in the kiln so the paint becomes part of the glass rather than a coating on it.

Every commission is drawn for its own opening. A window is sized to its tracery, weighted to its structure, and coloured for the light that particular building gets at the hour the congregation actually gathers.

How It Works

THE PROCESS

From first drawing to the last panel set in place, the work stays in one studio.

01

Design & Cartoon

The design is developed with the parish, then drawn at full size. A cartoon is the master drawing of the window at its finished dimensions, showing every lead line and every piece of glass. What you approve is the size it will be built.

02

Glass Selection

Mouth-blown antique glass is chosen by hand, sheet by sheet, for colour, density, and the way it carries light.

03

Painting & Firing

Trace lines, matt shading, and stippling are applied by hand and kiln-fired, so the paint is permanent rather than a surface coating.

04

Leading & Installation

Panels are leaded, cemented, reinforced, and installed by the studio.

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