Studio Lux Sancta

09/12/2024

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Trained by a master in the ancient craft of medieval stained glass techniques, Regina Carmine offers a rare service in modern times: creating authentic reproductions of iconic stained glass masterpieces from around the world.

07/01/2024

Angels travel on beams of light. And that was the reason for the explosion of Gothic stained glass church windows. But even more wonderful, all three Abrahamic Religions saw Light as the touch of God. Sanctified Light by which God's angels enter Church, Synagogue and Mosque. The rays of God's Light beam in through the windows to glorify worshipers. The angels descend on colored rays of light shining in through stained glass windows with the message of the divine. But more mysterious yet... this idea of angels' light comes from Neoplatonism before the birth of Jesus, Mohamad or even the Temple of Jerusalem. Gabrielle speaks through sacred light. So now for the question: How many photons can fit on the head of a pin? How many angels can dance on the head of a pin. A curious thing angels and photons, brilliance without any mass whatsoever, holy brilliance real but untouchable. Lux Sancta!

01/16/2019

Ugly Churches denigrate the human spirit.

https://www.academia.edu/2513749/What_Happened_to_Church_Architecture

This groundbreaking article sparked the debate and set the terms for subsequent discussions regarding the future of authentic Catholic architecture, and first proposed a third way between the banality of modernist church architecture and the

12/23/2017

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For more than 33 years, David Orval Lynn, owner of Glass images in Orem, has been sharing the beauty of stained glass through his artisan talents.

08/15/2017

Pure light like the Divine itself is invisible until it is humanized through worship. Ecclesiastic stained glass humanizes both light and the divine, like prayer.

08/15/2017

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03/18/2017

Beautiful and detailed stained glass imagery traces the origin and growth of human knowledge.

02/14/2017

Professor Moak's reference to theologian Pseudo-Dionysius here is wonderful! "Suger" the first architect to adopt stained glass in early 12th Century Gothic Architecture saw how light streaming through leaded distorting glass would be the ideal medium to glorify God. "[He] came across writings by Pseudo-Dionysius.. who equated radiant sunlight with the manifestation of God...." In Corinthians 13:12 Paul describes the glory of God while we live as seen through a distorting glass, "through a glass darkly." Pure divine light from Paul's Talmudic heritage is invisible and is only seen by the living when captured and so distorted through a piece of glass or crystal. Suger realized that leaded stained glass windows capture that light and glorifies it like no other architectural feature could. Hence, the Rose Window!

Nothing says sacred like stained glass.

02/04/2017

We have been protecting stained glass windows with Lexan exclusively for over twenty years. Mount Pleasant Museum wisely chose to begin their restoration project by protecting their heirloom windows with Lexan prior to doing repairs. Lexan is wonderful; it is resistant to rocks, hail, and even bullets!

Protecting the beautiful and fragile stained glass windows are part of phase one in transforming the former Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church into a museum showcasing local black history.

01/29/2017

I would personally love this job! Most interesting is the creator of these windows hid his name so well none can determine who made these windows over a century ago! Exciting investigation challenge. Stained glass artisans like bricklayers and steel workers rarely signed their pieces. Similar to true iconographers: the works glorify God and so go unsigned. Ah, but even some liturgical artists are vain, so the trained eye can often discover their hidden signatures anyway.

ATHENS—As the St. Joseph Church community leaves its century-old home on Prince Avenue, the parish’s treasures are moving too. Workers took out nearly two dozen neo-Gothic stained glass windows recently to preserve them until a new church is built on its Epps Bridge Parkway campus on the edge of Ath...

01/29/2017

An example of kiln-fired glass painting. I painted a piece of cathedral glass on both sides to create the feeling of a wood cut. Nice wine label?

01/26/2017

The Medium is the Message says Marshal Mcluhan. Which simply means we see the medium in the message. The flat screen television set becomes part of the show.

For this same reason there is a difference between traditional stained glass and contemporary architectural glass, between pieces glazed in silicone or copper foil and pieces glazed in traditional lead cames. A Holy sacrament served from a Dixie Cup is really quite different than a Eucharist from a Monstrance.

My thought for the day.

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01/21/2017

These windows were made to exact specifications of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church

01/21/2017

Trends in religious architecture have made a significant shift away from the aesthetics we associate with the sanctuaries of the 19th and 20th centuries. Many new houses of worship are foregoing ornate design and traditional liturgical architecture. This shift can be credited to a number of factors,...

01/21/2017

This year’s 28 award-winning projects were selected from a larger pool of entrants than the previous year: 135 in total were submitted, which might be an indication of the award program’s growing visibility and stature. Over the past few years winning projects have not only been published in Faith &...

01/19/2017

Light Glorified in Glass: Ecclesiastical Stained Glass and Studio Leaded and Fused Glass.

01/19/2017

No less beautiful even if dusty!