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Eric O’Malley and Larry Zgoda hold- ing one of the drawings.
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Larry Zgoda donates Edgar Miller keep them with the organization’s vast on approximately 25 stained glass proj- stained glass drawings collection of historically significant doc- ects between 1984 and 1991. The proj- Larry Zgoda has recently donated his uments. ects were sometimes tiny, as in the collection of original stained-glass Angel for Jo Mead, or ambitious, as in working drawings by renowned Chicago Larry Zgoda became a friend of Edgar The World for the John S. Van Bergen- artist Edgar Miller to the Organic Miller in the early 1980s, when the designed, 1926 Humer Building. Edgar Architecture & Design (OAD) Archive. artist, in his 80s, began working in Miller passed away in 1993. stained glass after many years away Eric O’Malley of OAD accepted the col- from Chicago. They worked together in A part of Miller’s artistic legacy is con- lection on April 12, 2014, and hopes to the traditional artist/studio relationship tained in several unique properties on
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The Chicago Stained Glass Invitational Exhibition Society’s Day of Glass taking place in conjunction with their On an overcast Wednesday afternoon, the Chicago and vicinity 43rd annual conference, being held in Chicago for the very first stained glass community gathered at Solstice Stained Glass time. The gathering and exhibition were modest: 14 studios and Studio on the near west side for the first-ever Chicago Stained individuals participated. Many aspects of the stained glass art Glass Invitational Exhibition. This was part of the Glass Art were illustrated and demonstrated. Ed Gilbertson showed a
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16 The Stained Glass Quarterly Participants from left to right: Vitaliious Vol-kovas, Andy DeLaRosa, Chris Drehobl, Sean Michael Felix, Rick Purro, Bill Klopsch, Larry Zgoda, Mark Radina, Emily Carlson, Ed Gilbertson, Isaac Malis. Not pictured: Uri & Nathalia Guchinia; Alex Zemskoff, Cassy St. Clair- Krueger, Lara Rosenbush Tiffany window in the process of restoration. Andy DeLaRosa demon- strated the cut and pierced lead tech- nique made popular in Chicago by Edgar Miller. There were painted and stained works by Bill Klopsch, Alex Zemskoff, and Sean Michael Felix. The hostess, Emily Carlson, showed Drehobl Studio showed a painted piece several original, contemporary compo- done in collaboration with Sean Michael sitions juxtaposed in salvaged sashes Felix. There were antique examples of and antique picture frames. Her main stenciling from Isaac Malis. Mark attraction was demonstrating the fabri- Radina showed a panel containing fused cation of a maquette for a monumental and slumped pieces combined with sculpture that employs laminated glass, beveled dalle de verre components. Uri in a collaborative work with steel artist Guchinia and his wife Nathalie showed Riggs Barr. fused glass panels and glass mosaic. The host, Larry Zgoda, had several Vitaliious Vol-kovas illustrated how the things going on. He set up (with the help spun bottoms of wine glasses can be of Lara Rosenbush) an ongoing slide used as rondels. Since they were wine show of stained glass by Chicago’s glasses intended for the event, a dilem- Edgar Miller, he showed a museum ma ensued. It was difficult for one to put quality panel of Miller’s stained glass, down his/her wine glass, while there and he hawked the Miller book on the was still wine in it. Many of us know side. He exhibited two original works. what might result from this situation. side. Witch’s Worm, an easel-mounted work that includes an application of his Cassy St. Clair-Krueger demonstrated original technique, Opus Vitri Fusium, disassembling a historic leaded panel in which many small glass pieces of underwater. mosaic tesserae are fused onto a base Continued on Page 22.
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Thank you, Peter. I always like to FYI: People receive technical articles for consider- Continued from Page 17. ation. Unfortunately, I never receive as many of them as I would like. glass and then leaded into the composi- However, there is an open invitation tion. His second work was a study in to anyone who would like to write a Clovis Glass, where the individual glass technical article or two for this maga- pieces are scalloped, with a visual result zine. I can be contacted via email at resembling the knapped flint arrow- [email protected] if heads of antiquity. folks have ideas for articles they would like to write. — Richard Gross The intention of the event was met with Also on exhibit will be shop drawings, resounding success, showing members Thanks so much for your excellent arti- photos, and videos about Coombs’ of the Glass Art Society (and the rest of cle, “Glass Painting Part Two” in the working process. the world) the vitality of stained glass in Winter 2013 issue. this historically notorious city. Like many skills, “the devil is in the The many GAS members who came by details,” and your very concise sugges- Crowdfunded Restoration were pleasantly surprised by the degree tions for paint to binder ratios and visu- What better day than the 14th of July, of activity and camaraderie in the al cues to watch for when laying down France’s national day, for American stained glass community in Chicago. multiple mattes are especially helpful. Friends of Chartres (AFC) to launch its The day was topped off with an evening Sincerely, first Crowdfunding Campaign on of festive conviviality. Jack Calligan razoo.com/story/American-Friends-Of- Chartres. This is to finance an unprece- Where the Chicago Stained Glass Thank you for your letter. That article dented project: the restoration of a 20- Invitational goes from here remains to comes from the second edition of the foot-high, thirteenth-century stained be seen. All of the participants and many SGAA’s Reference & Technical glass window from Chartres Cathedral, of the guests would like to have further Manual, which has been out of print France, which will then travel to the events. There’s talk of a painting work- for a number of years. A lot of people United States for exhibit in a major shop. Zgoda would like to see some cor- contributed to that publication, and it American Museum. porate involvement. Collaborations is a truly remarkable expression of between studios are being discussed. years of stained glass experience and Notre-Dame de Chartres, a UNESCO Whatever comes about, this event surely knowledge. There will be more World Heritage monument since 1979, brought a group of people together who reprinted from both the painting harbors the largest collection of 12th previously had only rare opportunity to chapter and from other parts of the and 13th century stained glass under one get to know their fellow stained glassers. book in future issues of this magazine. roof in the world. Chartres is also one of — Richard Gross the most illustrious Gothic cathedrals for the beauty and simplicity of its lines. Its emblematic steeples towering over Letters to the Editor the wheat fields, an hour away south- Hello Richard: Making Menfolk Exhibition west of Paris is “a lasting memory for I really enjoyed your recent technical Artist Debora Coombs’ exhibition, the one million Americans who visit articles on silver stains and painting on Making Menfolk, a collection of stained every year,” says Anne Sullivan, AFC’s glass. Let’s have more technical articles. glass panels and working drawings, can executive director. be seen at the Lavender Door Gallery in Thanks a million, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, through Visit the link above for more informa- Peter Ruplinger July 30, 2014. tion about this project. Utah e
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