Used by artisans across the globe for thousands of years, colored glass is one of the oldest art forms. Its origins date back as early as the 7th century, when stained windows began adorning churches, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Anson Smart. Design by YSG Stained glass windows are an age-old artform, but the craft is ...

Sisters of St. Joseph Chapel, Pittsford, N.Y., 2003 / Third Generation (Valerie O’ Hara, designer). (Photo courtesy of Pike Stained Glass Studios) Back in the early 2000s, I enrolled in a writing ...

I think we can all agree that the idea of stained glass sounds a) old fashioned b) complicated and c) extravagant. We were thinking that, too, until we started to see the translucent colored material ...

Artisans, like worshipping pilgrims of the day who made pilgrimages to holy sites, traveled from church to church to work on stained glass window projects during the Medieval period. Most stained ...

Mesopotamian potters discovered the method for making multi-colored opaque glass beads around 2750 BC. Circa 1100 AD, a window of colored glass was documented in Germany. Colored glass windows were ...

Milwaukee is known for a lot of architectural gems — cream city brick, the Calatrava, Frank Lloyd Wright designed homes, and on a smaller scale, its bungalows. This style of house can be found all ...

Los Angeles’s oldest stained glass studio, Judson, is collaborating with emerging and established artists to modernize a medieval craft. By Adam Popescu LOS ANGELES — In 1893, an itinerant plein-air ...

Durable, hygienic and easy to install, 3M Glass Finishes can bring creativity to glass in architecture and design. Image Courtesy of 3M For total creative freedom in designing with glass, 3M has ...