Tuscan Terra Stained Glass Window - installed with back lighting
Tuscan Terra Stained Glass Window - Photo taken outside with no sun
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"A Moment of Solitude" by Slava Brodinsky
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"Untitled" work by Slave Brodinsky
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Closeup - trees
Closeup - trees
Closeup - Left house
Closeup - bridge over river
Closeup -Right house
Closeup - Left house
Window lit by flourescent lightbox
Window lit by flourescent lightbox
Window lit directly by setting sun.
Dean's Stained Glass
Tuscan Terra
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Closeups of some of the features in this window
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Photo taken outside with no sun
Dave and Deb are building a room addition to their home in Beverly Hills, Michigan. They wanted a stained glass window between the two rooms that would have the feel of the wine country of Napa Valley or of Tuscany in Italy. Their favorite artist is
"Untitled" work by Slave Brodinsky
"A Moment of Solitude" by Slava Brodinsky
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Stained Glass and Painting on canvas are two completely different art forms. With painting, the artist can create subtleties of light and shading as well as transitioning between objects. With stained glass, colors and textures are made into the glass, so the artist needs to pick glass carefully to try to achieve the desired effect. One of the unique properties of stained glass is that colors of the glass appear to be quite different depending on the type and intensity of light on the glass. Note the color difference above with simply a change in light source. Dave and Deb allowed me to have initial choice of colors and before final assembly we made a few color changes to get the final result.
Window lit directly by setting sun.
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Slava Brodinsky
 a noted Israeli artist who paints beautiful landscapes with the feel of Tuscany. Dave and Deb sent me a photo of one of Brodinsky's works, and after researching the artist, I suggested we design a stained glass window trying to capture the spirit of several of Bodinsky's paintings. We chose the two paintings below to try to adapt some of his concepts into glass.
This was a very challenging project, not so much for its size, but for the careful matching of glass colors and textures required. This style of window is reminiscient of some of the landscape windows done by the Tiffany Studios in the 1890 to 1925 period.
Tuscan Terra measures about 25" x 61", contains 196 pieces of glass and was completed in July, 2010. It is now on display in Dave and Deb's home in Beverly Hills, Michigan
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Dave & Deb graciously sent a photo of their window after it was installed in their home.