About the service
I build stained glass inserts for doors, partitions and interior screens, and I carry the work the whole way: from the first measurement of the opening to the minute the finished panel sits in its frame. Everything starts with the opening itself. I take the sizes, look at what light reaches it in the morning and in the evening, and we talk the drawing through without hurry: how dense the pattern should be, how much clear glass you want left, whether the panel has to read the same way from both sides. After that conversation I draw a sketch at full size with the lead lines laid out, because rhythm can only be judged at its real scale, never on a small print.
Glass I choose against the light, not by a square in a catalogue. Colour and transparency change beyond recognition once a window or a lamp stands behind them, so I bring the samples to the opening and we look at them in place. Then comes the craft itself: cutting, grinding and easing every edge, wrapping each piece in copper foil, soldering both faces, patinating the seams to the tone you picked, and stiffening a wide panel with a profile bar so it holds its plane for years. Fitting is done with a rubber seal, so the glass never touches the frame directly. Old stained glass is repaired the same way: I open up the damaged area, match new glass to the neighbouring pieces and solder the seam back.
Three things I tell every client before we start, because they are safety and not small print. In a door leaf, and anywhere a person can lean, stumble or fall against the glass, I fit only tempered glass or laminated triplex with the stained work carried on its surface — ordinary glass in those places is dangerous. Soldering is done under extraction and in gloves; when the work is over the room is aired out and cleaned down wet, never swept dry. And a large insert is genuinely heavy, so it is lifted and set by two people, onto a frame reinforced to hold it.
What I do:
— measuring the opening and talking the drawing through with you
— a sketch at full size with the lead lines laid out
— choosing glass by colour and transparency against the light
— cutting and grinding the edge of every single piece
— copper foil wrapping and soldering on both faces
— patinating the seams to a chosen tone
— stiffening a large panel with a profile bar
— fitting into a door or a partition with a rubber seal
— repairing old stained glass and replacing cracked pieces
Glass I choose against the light, not by a square in a catalogue. Colour and transparency change beyond recognition once a window or a lamp stands behind them, so I bring the samples to the opening and we look at them in place. Then comes the craft itself: cutting, grinding and easing every edge, wrapping each piece in copper foil, soldering both faces, patinating the seams to the tone you picked, and stiffening a wide panel with a profile bar so it holds its plane for years. Fitting is done with a rubber seal, so the glass never touches the frame directly. Old stained glass is repaired the same way: I open up the damaged area, match new glass to the neighbouring pieces and solder the seam back.
Three things I tell every client before we start, because they are safety and not small print. In a door leaf, and anywhere a person can lean, stumble or fall against the glass, I fit only tempered glass or laminated triplex with the stained work carried on its surface — ordinary glass in those places is dangerous. Soldering is done under extraction and in gloves; when the work is over the room is aired out and cleaned down wet, never swept dry. And a large insert is genuinely heavy, so it is lifted and set by two people, onto a frame reinforced to hold it.
What I do:
— measuring the opening and talking the drawing through with you
— a sketch at full size with the lead lines laid out
— choosing glass by colour and transparency against the light
— cutting and grinding the edge of every single piece
— copper foil wrapping and soldering on both faces
— patinating the seams to a chosen tone
— stiffening a large panel with a profile bar
— fitting into a door or a partition with a rubber seal
— repairing old stained glass and replacing cracked pieces
