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New church being analyzed today. Long day. 1880-1935 stained glass. Small Anglican Church in middle of a city . Will be converted into a community/show/event center. Bravo ! Please look at the protective glazing / wire screen, and the effect on interior view of the sg. Always touched when I see dedications. Stained glass becomes powerfully “personal”. Important restorations soon. Hopefully!

The ingenuity of great artisans / designers at the beginning of the XXth centuries . The windows were designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Francis Millet. Saint-Gaudens was primarily a sculpteur, but also helped John La Farge paint the murals at Trinity Church in Boston. Francis Millet was a lawyer whom later followed his passion for art (he died on the Titanic disaster). These two designed all the windows in this church (St. Stephen Episcopal Church in Lynne, Massachusetts), and were fabricated at the Tiffany Studio, because they did not have a studio of their own large enough. Look carefully at each series of photos : each design has 2 panels stacked , creating the Stained glass. True chefs d’œuvres. They are being restored after being vandalized. Now: there should be a crime penalty extremely important (and work time building something valuable ) when someone is caught. (From Master Roberto, one of my mentor : he is a Master conservator / restorer / painter in my field )

Showing the medieval-still the best …- way of installing stained glass into openings. Barlotieres, feuillard , clavete . French system exported in England in the first years of settlement. The great Canterbury Cathedral. Taken yesterday, while at the conference on restauration / conservation.

Seen in Canterbury today…

Gorgeous examples of Deutsh masters silver stain!

Jewel of a cathedral , stained glass marvels . Was lucky enough to be chosen to go to Canterbury for ICON stained glass conservation & restoration conference.

No AI or plastic were hurt in the process. Only HMI: Human Made Intelligence, with noble materials. With a high level skilled carpenter, a colleague, this 1910 door will live for another 100 years. We, Artisans : stained glass & wood.

While the Left and Right are being manipulated by the “éminences grises “, small communities do what they can in order to salvage the Pass for the next Generation. Presentation done in order to raise fiat for restoration. https://video.nostr.build/4b0480289f287992aded49a5e1f0268fd04ec9e41f94f91f40119485a69aebff.mp4