Glass Countertops Edging out Granite

Mar 9th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Industry News

If you’re seeking a clear alternative to granite as a countertop surface, the glass is more than half full — it’s overflowing with creative possibilities, in fact — thanks to the esthetic advantages and practical flexibility offered by thermoformed glass.
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Hartung Glass Launches Decorative Glass Brand

Feb 16th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Industry News

Hartung Glass Industries has launched a new decorative glass product line under the brand name Hartung Studio. The company describes Hartung Studio as a line of products that represent “the nearly limitless combinations of color, translucence, texture, imagery and opacity that is created by blending Hartung’s IMPRESSIONS screened glass with IMPACT Decorative by Lami Glass.”
“The [...]



Preparing to Shed Some Light on Easter

Feb 4th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Industry News

Glass workers from Kelly Art Glass, in Millvale, remove three stained glass windows from Sacred Heart Church in Shadyside. The windows, which contain more than 100 pieces of glass per square foot, will be fully re-leaded, restored and reinstalled in time for Easter, glass artisan John Kelly said.
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Gorgeous Glass

Feb 1st, 2010 | By admin | Category: Industry News

Some glass is meant to be looked through. Other glass is meant to be looked at.
When Tisch Mills artist Mike Morris finishes one of his etched glass creations, it definitely falls into the latter category.
When one Green Bay homeowner wanted to add an individualized touch to a large, newly installed six-piece wrap-around shower enclosure, he [...]



Exact Finish Inc. Changes Name to EFI

Jan 26th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Industry News

Exact Finish, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of original and custom glass and aluminum interior products, announced it will now do business as EFI. In tandem with the name change, the company has also launched a new brand identity and website (CLICK HERE to visit the new site).
“Since our company’s inception in 1999, our products, [...]



Kenneth VonRoenn Creates Art Glass Windows for Webster Gardens Lutheran Church

Jan 18th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Industry News

New art glass windows were dedicated January 10 at Lutheran Church of Webster Gardens in St. Louis, Mo. The windows are the creation of glass designer Kenneth VonRoenn of Architectural Glass Art, based in Louisville, Ky. The design features two windows measuring 12 x 30 feet that include painted glass with laminated prismatic and dichroic [...]



Atlanta Airport plans $1.5 Million Piece of Artwork for International Terminal

Jan 14th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Industry News

The piece by artist and architect Amy Landesberg, called “Veneers,” will be one of the large-scale art projects planned for the international terminal to open in 2012. It is described as “functional art” because it will be incorporated in a 1,000-foot wall along the tunnel between the new terminal and Concourse E, needed to divide [...]



Stained Glass Illustrates ‘Simpsons’

Jan 12th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Industry News

When Morgan Spurlock was commissioned by Fox to make “The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!” he faced the immense task of gathering Simpsons references from around the world. (Note: the film is neither in 3-D, nor on ice).
In September, an assistant of Spurlock’s came across the stained glass work of Joseph [...]



Firefighters Save Huge Medieval Stained Glass Window

Jan 4th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Industry News

More than 30 firefighters worked with specialist craftsmen to rescue one of England’s stained glass treasures when a fire broke out at York Minster’s restoration workshop and stoneyard.
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Church Selling Tiffany Window to Stay Open

Dec 7th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Industry News

For almost 100 years, the multicolored image of St. John the Divine has gazed down from a stained glass window in the choir loft of First Baptist Church.
Now, the church may have to cash in on the value of the window — a Tiffany original.
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