The guild I’m in, Artistic License, turns 30 this year and to celebrate we’re hosting a benefit gala for San Francisco’s oldest theater, the Bayview Opera House, a non-profit community cultural center on the National Rgister of Historic Places. Several members have donated handmade ornaments for sale at tomorrrow night’s event at the War Memorial […]
I’m often asked what the difference is between a skylight and a laylight. A skylight is the opening in the roof that allows light to pass; more specifically it’s the panel that keeps the elements out. A laylight is a glazed panel set flush with the ceiling for admitting natural or artificial lighting. Our laylights […]
We just shipped out this landscape window to it’s new home on Lake Charlevoix in Northern Michigan. We used multiple layers of glass plated on top of one another to modulate the color and density of the design. To see the full window and learn how I created it, go here and click on the […]
I’m featured in the latest issue of Old House Interiors on page 10. It features new work presented in this very blog. Check it out at news stands now!
I was saddened to hear that Dan Fenton passed away recently. He was one of several Northern California glass artists that took a fresh approach to stained glass during the 1970s (see Otto Rigan’s ‘New Glass’) While I didn’t know Dan well, he was always generous with his extensive knowledge and was enthusiastic to answer […]
I designed and built this window for a client who wanted to allow the maximum amount of light to pass into his home while obscuring the view and providing privacy.
I contributed to a series of articles in the Journal of the American Art Pottery Association written by Richard D. Mohr, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at University of Illinois and author of numerous articles on art and architecture for Architectural Record, Art Issues and Style 1900. This is essential reading for fans of Prairie School […]
Thanks to Arts and Crafts Homes Magazine for this tribute to the work of Artistic License members! Debey Zito, Audel Davis and I collaborated on the hanging lantern. Read more here.
I awoke this morning to an NPR report about efforts to restore and reopen a large Children’s Hospital in Durban, South Africa. The correspondent commented on leaded glass windows installed at child height and being an stained glass obsessive, I went on a hunt to see what these would look like. What I found was […]
This has been a hectic summer with the creation of new work, designing projects for the fall and a few backpacking trips. Here’s a detail of a Weeping Cherry design I made for a home in upstate New York. More images to follow!