For the longest time, this window made no progress. The crush of deadlines was so great that we needed Jason Hettel to be about other things. We have never missed a deadline for a new Church dedication and, we simply … Continue reading
Jason Hettel has been working continually on this project and making steady progress. He has just finished the medallions representing the six branches of service. I believe that these medallions are so complex that they together amount to greater then … Continue reading
Freedom Isn’t Free This ensemble of three windows will appear on an interior wall separating the Chapel from an adjacent hallway at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Veterans Center. I created the design last spring and it took some months for the … Continue reading
It is official! Our Studio has landed a very prestigious project of a new Cathedral in Raleigh North Carolina. Bishop Burbidge and the various Cathedral Committee Members, have chosen to relocate a great collection of stained glass windows from Philadelphia. … Continue reading
This essay was Published in the Current issue of FAITH & FORM The Interfaith journal on Religion, Art and Architecture VOL XLV. NO. 3, 2012 ISBN 00147001 WRITTEN BY Joseph K. Beyer Think of a pipe organ, but for your … Continue reading
The last time we were together, I posed the question “what should sacred stained glass should look like in the 21st Century”. The answer to this question depends in large measure on what our churches will look like. Will the … Continue reading
The newest of Catholic buildings seem very much intent on being recognizable as churches. Sadly the return-to-the-roots comes too late for the countless parishioners who find themselves compelled to worship in bad architecture. A need to build churches cheaply … Continue reading
This will be the last posting here that is dedicated exclusively to the new rose window for Saint Anne’s Church in San Diego. I am eager to take up several other subjects such as what American religious stained glass should … Continue reading
Most Stained Glass windows consist of multiple sections, unless a window is very small and comprising a single section only. Usually one begins the assembly by starting in a corner and adding one piece at a time to gradually build … Continue reading
I had been away visiting with our friends at Saint Michaels in Garden City SC where the new Church building will feature stained glass from the former Saint Boniface Church in Philly. We are presently restoring these windows. After that … Continue reading
