Windows of color
Editor’s note: FPC contracted Willet Stained Glass Studios to create two stained glass windows for the new Chapel space. Design Manager Jonathan Mayer sent this update on the process:
Since we have not made a window that combined leaded glass with faceted glass in several decades, our first task was to run some test pours to find the best way to create the epoxy panels so that they could be captured by a lead came [a metal channel designed to hold pieces of glass together]. We came up with a creative solution that was very successful, so we moved forward with the plan.
I was tasked with selecting the glass, so I filled some boxes with slab glass from our inventory that matched the design and labeled them according to where they should go in the design. Other team members matched the slabs to the patterns, saw-cut them, and then faceted them with a hammer.
After faceting, they put a dam of putty around the beveled edges of the glass to prevent epoxy from spilling onto the facets during the pour.
According to our project plan, we are pouring between June and July. We haven't done any of the final pours yet, but they're all prepped and ready to pour in the next few weeks. The machine-rolled and antique glass are starting to be cut as well.
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