A few weeks ago I participated in the Kingwood Women’s Club Holiday Marketplace. This show raises funds for local charities in the community. It is the one and only show I will do in 2011. Which is actually one more than I said I would do. Every year I say this will be my last…
I’ve been doing a lot of glass fusing lately. A few days ago I felt the need to get into the studio and do some soldering. (If you’re not a stained glass artist, that probably sounds strange.) The problem is I can’t run my air conditioner and soldering iron at the same time. If we…
Last week I was in Charlottesville, Virginia with my daughter. We took some time to tour Monticello. I don’t know what Charlottesville looks like the rest of the year, but last week was absolutely beautiful. The weather was perfect. Trees were budding. The tulips were overflowing, and the views from Monticello were breath taking. Even…
This is the stained glass transom I finished earlier this year. The client did the installation so I didn’t get to see it in place. I was happy when I got this picture from them yesterday. You don’t have to use colored glass to have a beautiful stained glass piece. The use of all clear…
If you follow my tweets or my fan page you know that I’ve been working on a custom stained glass transom. It was delivered yesterday and the client was very happy; always a good thing! The client will be installing it this weekend and hopefully send me a picture of it. This transom will be…
Last weekend I was puttying a stained glass transom I am working on. My father stopped by to inspect my work. If you have been reading this blog, you probably remember that it was my father who taught me how to do stained glass. When he saw my method of puttying, he snickered a bit….
No matter how hard I try, it seems like I can get no more than one blog post up each week. Either I’m busy with glass activities and have no time to post, or worse I have no time for glass activities and hence nothing to blog about. January has actually been a busy month…
This is the last stained glass piece I did for 2010. It was installed on New Year’s Eve. Unfortunately it was a cloudy day so we didn’t get the full impact. There is nothing quite like the sun light streaming in through a stained glass window casting beautiful streams of light into a room. It…
Today I cut out the glass for this custom stained glass panel. The flower was based on a flower vine in my garden. A plumeria I think. This piece will be installed in a powder room. I hope to start leading it up tomorrow as long as the temperature in the studio stays above 55…
While I was soldering I started thinking about what it is that makes solder lines look good. When teaching beginner stained glass classes, I find that soldering is the step that students find the most challenging. So I thought I’d share some thoughts on soldering.
I used to claim myself as a Yankee from New York. But this year marks a turning point. I have now lived here in Texas longer than I lived in New York. So I guess I am officially a Texan! Even my friends in New York say I sound like a southerner now. Well, you…
Can it be true! Have I finally discovered how to get a great patina on a zinc framed stained glass panel?
Just finished this one of a kind custom framed stained glass panel titled “Midnight Tumbleweed.”
Recent custom stained glass installation. Flowers representing all the places the client has lived.
For me there is just something magical about sunlight streaming through a stained glass window. I once described it as “living art” and indeed it is. The colors in a stained glass window change with every passing hour and the movement of the sun.
Unless you are an avid stained glass lover like me, you may miss it. But next time you watch a movie, watch closely. More likely than not, you will see a stained glass window somewhere in the movie. It has become a game in our family to be the first to spot the stained glass in a movie.
You love the look of stained glass, but a full window or panel isn’t in the budget. What’s a stained glass lover to do? Well how about some stained glass corners?
Tips and advice on how to tell if you are buying a quality piece of stained glass.
Commissioned stained glass panel for benefit auction for Wesley Foundation @ SFA
 |  |  |
 |  |  |
