About this Product
CROSS OF NAILS STAINED GLASS PANEL
This stained glass piece is hand crafted of high-quality cathedral glass with copper overlay added in the pattern of a cross made of nails. Purchase for yourself as home decor, or bless someone with a gift they will cherish for a lifetime.
Colors within the glass: White, Clear in a wispy pattern with small bubbles
Please note that the image is of 1 out of ten produced from the same pane of glass, While each have the same colors and texture, each piece is unique.
Dimensions
width: 5.25 inches
height: 8.25 inches
Please note that the image is of 1 out of 5 produced from the same pane of glass, While each have the same colors and texture, each piece is unique. Contact me today if you desire this is a customer size or glass color.
SCW Glassworks
Meet the Maker
Photographer, graphic artist, web developer and tech professional turned stained glass artist and following his dreams.
Some of my earliest memories are of Sunday mornings, looking at the patters and colors of the large windows in our church; observing the changes week to week the weather and the seasons had on them.
My step father pass the time during long Ohio winters painting with oils, a pastime that was just not me. Instead I found joy in photography. This began with capturing the right images with the right combination of lens, aptitude and speed. This then evolved to hours in darkrooms fine tuning exposure merinos to achieve mi vision. I called it “painting with light”.
Career life found me working with digital media often joking that PhotoShop was my second language. While it paid the bills, what I was created was limited by a computer monitor and not meant to last. I feel compelled to create something that would feel real, like old photo prints of my youth, something that would bring joy for years like this old church windows. This lead me to walk into my first stained glass shop….my world would never be the same.
This journey of eduction in the stained glass craft, has been an amazing one with tips from hundreds of artists in online communities and one on one guidance from local expert glass artists with decades of experience. The completion of each project lead to another. This excitement was only out shown by the joy of someone purchasing my work and hearing the stories of how that work brought joy others.
It is often said that you have to give something away in order to keep it. This is why I am proud to be part of goimagine.com and their commitment to helping children, giving the next generation the opportunity to follow their dreams too.
How it’s Made
Production begins by selecting the right hand blown glass and carefully braking to the size of the panel. Next, I carefully cut copper sheeting by hand to the desired shapes and carefully build up layers of solder to the coper, create the shape of the nails. The elements are affixed to the glass with clear adhesive.
A frame of zinc is cut to fit the glass and welded together and rings are soldered on for hanging. The sturdy zinc frame and all solder elements are treated with a dark patina to give a well aged look. The panel is protected with Carnauba wax that is applied and buffed to a high polished shine
