Stained glass is a painting technique which originated in an interesting way.

One could even venture a hypothesis that it is an example of a truly Northern European form of visual art.

Needless to say, the disputes over the origin of stained glass will never end. What we know for certain, however, is that glass was used both as a thermal barrier and a painting medium in the territory of modern Germany and England as early as in the 6^th – 11^th centuries, which was confirmed by numerous excavations and written sources. Due to the fragility of the material, relatively few historic works of art of the time have survived till the present day. The most famous ones include: the Head of Christ from Weissenburg and the Head from Lorsch. They both date back to the mid-11^th century and are examples of a fully-developed stained-glass art.

As has been noted by all stained-glass researches – this technique has hardly changed over the past 1000 years. Glass, lead and the artistic skill of cutting and assembling these elements still lay at the heart of this technique. To all intents and purposes, it is a craft done fully by hand.

In our studio we use traditional stained-glass-making materials.

We make sure that they are of top quality. The glass, its brightness and the number of hues are the most important factors. For this reason we think especially highly of the glass from the glassworks in Lamberts, Germany and from the Polish glassworks in Jasło. Both types of glass are hand-made – blown and formed when hot. For more information go to www.lamberts.de, where the entire manufacture process is presented.

For modern projects we also use milk glass manufactured in the USA. We buy our glass from such manufacturers as Uroboros, Wissmach, Youghigenny or Spectrum. Similarly, the lead that we use in our studio comes from German and Belgian manufacturers.

In our studio, we design stained glass works, assemble them and put them into pre-prepared frames.