I met my friend Christine, owner of Christine's Glass, in a random encounter at the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway in Mt. Charleston, NV, a few years ago. We immediately hit it off and discovered we both were stained glass artists. We stayed in touch and I was thrilled when she asked me to be her apprentice on the largest project either of us had done. Below is a post that she put in social media when we finished the project and it was installed.
"I designed this Stained Glass Pivot Door Panel based on my Client's painting by Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. The glass panel is 56" x 82 3/8" in a 57" x 83 3/8" Insulated Glass Unit installed in the pivot door. The panel consists of 700 pieces of glass & includes 20 different shades of color. It took 3 months to create with the help of Stacie Coppens, my apprentice and dear friend! I couldn’t have done it with without her! My husband built a platform for it as was too big for my work tables. I am so grateful to them both! A big shout out to Family Movers Express for transporting it safely, Total Image Glass & Mirror for insulating it perfectly and All Glass Aluminum for installing it with precision! It was quite the journey. My client has been smiling ever since the stained glass panel was installed in the Pivot door just in time for the 2021 Christmas Holiday!."
Below are some photos of the process.
Upper left - Christine getting a birds eye view of the project and how far we still have to go.
Upper right - We are about half way done with cutting and foiling the glass pieces.
Middle left - Woohoo the last piece is cut, foiled and placed in the door panel!
Middle right - When we finished cutting, foiling and soldering the first side, we had to flip the piece over to solder, patina and polish the back side.
Bottom left - This is the backside of the pivot door. All soldered and ready for patina. And...another flip.
Bottom right - Whew! We can breathe again. Door is installed and gorgeous!
Botton single photo - Project is soldered and we couldn't be happier. We just need to apply patina and polish it up.
Thank you Christine for choosing me to help with this amazing project. What's next?!
Photo Credit: Christine Curtis Wilson, Stacie Coppens and Steven Theodore
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