The window is a key element in the design of sacred spaces. Coloured glass was used in Gothic cathedrals to bathe the church interior in a "divine" light that makes reference to the afterlife. Even in the 20th century the church window is ...
Mesopotamian potters discovered the method for making multi-colored opaque glass beads around 2,750 BC. Circa 1,100 AD, a window of colored glass was documented in Germany. Colored glass windows were used in churches, monasteries, and other ...
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All six figures on the stained glass of the east window at Saints Church at Great Melton have now been identified, after a number of calls from the public, historians and stained glass experts. The window, made from Victorian glass from ...
Builders and designers did not stop at the sanctuary when they made stained glass windows a focus of the First Presbyterian Church of Carthage. The church has more than 20 stained glass windows, all original to the church constructed in ...
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The stained glass window repair is very necessary to maintain the beauty of the original design and the interiors. It can last long if maintained with proper care but occasional may require repair due to some unforeseen circumstances and ...
Just outside director Lynn Piotrowicz’s office, sunlight filters green through a stained-glass window, throwing tinted rays onto the wall in the Tucker Free Library. Inside Piotrowicz’s office, she has pinned black-and-white ...
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A collection of eye-catching stained glass installations by a Toronto artist is generating solar power in three provinces, and one of them is in the process of being hooked up to the Saskatchewan grid. "Lux Gloria" by Sarah Hall, at the ...
ArchStudia Vega's Russian Seashell House is composaaed of three levels in which the floor of the ocean, the water's surface, and the sky are represented. Located in the community of Tavatuy in Russia and designed by Yuriy Gaydukov at ...
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Birchwood Elementary School has unveiled a series of gorgeous stained glass window panels, designed by students for the window in the school’s library. Called A World of Coloured Glass – Our Life at Birchwood, the ...
A detail from a stained glass window A detail from a stained glass window illustrating the crucifixion — created by Susan Kennedy Sommerfeld, and one which she calls a favorite of hers — can be found in the sanctuary of Mt. ...
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The Light Collector App is based upon two lighting design fundamentals: the desire to be inspired and the need to store the things that inspire us so we can use them when required. Light Collector is an opportunity to create a crowd-sourced ...
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