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Archive for the ‘windows’ Category A typical sun catcher found in any gift shop will often depict a hummingbird, a flower or sun bursting with “paint-by-numbers” artificiality. Rarely do these whimsical figures represent the best that stained glass can offer because they are simply too small or too literal to demonstrate the subtleties of color and design aesthetics that is [...] → Continue Reading Sun Catcher in the style of L.C. Tiffany  Sometimes the unthinkable happens. They are windows, after all, and over the decades accidents happen. In this example, several pieces are cracked. Matches for the clear and colored glass were found, but the frosted white glass appeared to be created by hand using sandpaper. Done properly, a restored window will look as good as new, [...] → Continue Reading Oval Repair  After the iron gate transom project, additional windows were requested for the rear of the house where the original builder did not install leaded glass. In these examples, a transom exists above a double hung window in the stairwell. New designs were required for privacy in the stairwell and for the back door which was [...] → Continue Reading Stairwell Windows and Door  A great gift is a framed stained glass window. It’s like hanging a framed painting illuminated by the sun! In this typical example, we started from a rough sketch which became a usable pattern, and then went about the process of selecting the glass. In this case an almost transparent red glass with light wisps [...] → Continue Reading Tudor Rose  This project required the adaptation of an existing window design to fit a similar opening. Situated across the front of an inset vestibule, a new gate protects a small porch entrance with a decorative doorway of ironwork forming a double transom. The frame of the gate follows the barreled ceiling where it divides the opening [...] → Continue Reading Iron Gate Transom  Adapting a design from one shape to another presents an interesting challenge. In this case, the built-in buffet window which was the source of the design was a semi-circle. This design was to be applied to a double-hung window on the floor above it. The circular pattern was studied and replicated in such a way [...] → Continue Reading Matching Double Hung |
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