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Stained glass & leaded lights |
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Hand crafted in the traditional way
The true meaning of Stained glass refers to glass which has been
coloured in some way by adding various metal oxides.
Bede tells us that in AD
674 Benedict Biscop imported French craftsmen to produce glass
windows for
St. Peter's monastery at Monkwearmouth and St. Pauls at Jarrow.
The local monks learnt their glassmaking skills from these craftsmen
and were able to carry on the glass-making tradition at the
monastery.
Anglo-Saxon stained glass at St. Pauls Church in Jarrow.
This is the first recorded use of stained glass in Britain.
Leaded lights or lead lights are decorative windows made from
separate panes of glass.
They are held together with H section
lead known as cames or calmes.
The joints are soldered with a solder
made from a mixture of tin and lead.
Lead light cement is
scrubbed into the lead cames to make the panel weatherproof .
When the lead light cement sets the panel can be cleaned and the
glass polished.
Art Deco leaded lights
Inspired by the art
and jewellery found in Tutankhamen's tomb in the 1920's
.JPG)
