Monday, August 24, 2020

Phi Beta Kappa awards feature geniuses from the sciences and the arts





Artistry in Glass creates etched glasses to celebrate Nobel Prize winners and other notable achievers in the fields of science and the arts.  See how many you can identify. Contact us if you would like to see your face immortalized in crystal.

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Abstract stained glass sidelite simulates spiral galaxy





Our latest stained glass creation replaces boring frosted glass in a Fairfields home in the Tucson Foothill. Our customers are retired physicists - interested in cosmology and our design was able to introduce an astronomical theme by the skilful selection of art glass. Our mottles bullseye-style art glass is suggestive of the famous cosmic microwave background and, by great good fortune, a selection of the panel resembles a spiral galaxy with a black (blue) hole at the center

Saturday, August 22, 2020

Strengthening a stained glass panel with rebar





Large, leaded glass panels - especially those installed into doors, have to be strengthened to prevent flexing and failure. We show how to incorporate steel rebar (1/8" thick by 1/4" wide) into the design. We follow the lines of the zinc came and devise a crossed configuration to give high rigidity to the window without interrupting the design.

Sunday, August 16, 2020