SARAH HALL STUDIO - Architectural Stained Glass Design

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Download the book description for Windows on Our Souls: A spiritual Excavation, by Sarah Hall and Bob Shantz.

Download the book description (including ordering information) for Sarah Hall's "The Color of Light: Commissioning Stained Glass for a Church".

Download an Online Resource sheet on Stained Glass Windows.

Dear Reader,

Learn more about stained glass than you could ever have imagined possible! With dozens of published articles on the art, techniques, professional practices, history and profiles of individuals you will learn so much about the wonderful world of stained glass. The topics are listed and articles cross-referenced.

Where were the earliest fragments of pictoral stained glass excavated from....? Get started and enjoy!

- Sarah

Art

23 articles on concepts, artists, colour, light, line and image related to architectural art glass.

Read The Art of Johannes Schreiter by Sarah Hall and Peter Larisey SJ.

History

Stained glass has a rich history. Learn more about it in the following 9 articles.

Read more about the history of stained glass in Glassy Bones by Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel.

Technique

15 articles on various techniqes and materials in stained glass.

Read the article Material Matters on various types of glass by Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel.

Profiles

Read about some of the individuals who have made valuable contributions to our world of stained glass in these 6 articles..

Learn about hand made glass in this profile of Stephan Lamberts. Read Fire and Sand: A Pilgrimage to Glashutte Lamberts by Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel.

Professional Practice

14 articles on various aspects of professional practice: collaboration, contracts and committees.

Read more in The Care and Feeding of Committees by Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel.

On Sarah's Works

In these 17 articles read more about the art and techniqes in Sarah's work. In-depth writing on the artistic process and theological considerations of her projects is offered by several writers.

Read more about the artist in Sacred Spaces: Sarah Hall's Sanctuaries of Glass by Marie Coloz.

Reviews

10 reviews of Sarah's book the Color of Light published in the British Society of Master Glass Painters Journal, The Craft Factor, Vernacular Architecture Newsletter, Ontario Craft Magazine, Catholic Register, Glass Art Magazine, Glass Gazette, Catholic New Times and Common Ground Glass.

Read The Color of Light: Commissioning Stained Glass for a Church a review by Lee Brady.

Featured Article

Journeying to the Light

By Peter Coffman
British Society of Master Glass Painters Journal - 2004

“Cold showers, rooms full of bunk beds, lights out at 11:00 p.m. Once you get accustomed to the smell of weary sweating pilgrims past and present you must choose to ignore the chorus of snores, each with its own unique tone and tempo, if you hope to rest.” (Father Wayne Manne’s pilgrimage journal, Sept. 11-12, 2002)

For a thousand years, pilgrims have been traveling... [read more]