Technique

Total Articles: 15
 
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - May/June 1996
As an architectural art, the success of stained glass depends a great deal on how it works in context. Over the years, and through many commissions, I've gained a respect for buildings, and an......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - July/August 1996
Stained glass and natural light. These are the raw materials of my art; and at times the extraordinary interaction between these elements seems to transform the air itself. In the real world,......
By Sarah Hall and Kraegel and Jeffrey   |   Glass Art - September/October 1996
After nearly twenty years of working in architectural glass, I've learned to deal with many types of questions. But when I'm asked what a particular piece is about, there is no simple answer. Any......
By Sarah Hall and Kraegel and Jeffrey   |   Glass Art - January/February 1997
Colors. Red, yellow, blue, and all the infinite combinations between. Each sparks a feeling, a memory, a visceral response. When we look at a window, color is often the first thing we see and......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - March/April 1997
How deep is a window? Is it only the thickness of the glass, or is it more? Glass in its transparency plays with our sense of depth; we may see the surface, but our vision is drawn beyond, to a......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - September/October 1997
Pity the poor artist! Having consulted the clients, designed a window that suits the architecture while capturing the desired thematic elements, and built it to the highest technical standards,......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - January/February 1998
A stained glass artist has to be adaptable. We are often working in spaces in which there are already one or more windows; and at times these can add up to a thumbnail history of the art of......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - Marh/April 1998
Glass is remarkable. Temperamental, fragile and unforgiving in the studio, once it is leaded and installed in a window, it becomes one of the most durable of materials. Even after hundreds of......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - September/October 1998
What does a business look like? Is it a building? a product? a logo? Businesses like to be recognized, and they will devote large amounts of time and money towards creating and......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - November/December 1998
Ruby, emerald, amethyst, amber; the sheets are lined up on my easel. In a ritual as old as stained glass itself, I am choosing the glass for a new window. The colors are vibrant in the sun; the......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - September/October 1999
It has been a long journey, and after travelling late into the night, my friend Norbert Sattler and I arrive in Konnersreuth, a small village on the Czech-German border. It is our over-night stop......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - November/December 1999
It seems like another lifetime in which I had a different career. After a rigorous course of study and a qualifying exam, I took a job in a gemmology lab. There, I spent my time looking through......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - September/October 2000
"Of all the elements of a room, the window is the most marvelous. What slice of the sun does your building have?" - Louis Kahn For those of us working in stained......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - November/December 2000
In the previous issue of Glass Art, the authors wrote about how an artist understands and plans for the available light when designing a window. In this article, they take a look at another......
By Sarah Hall and Jeffrey Kraegel   |   Glass Art - January/February 2005 (Volume 20, Number 2)
A building wears its history in its bones: in its foundation, its bricks and mortar; its beams, joists and floorboards. But the building’s life is in its windows. Clear or colored, whatever their......