Stained-glass window to be installed at Immaculate Conception Elementary
Trevor Drew Up North Live
August 02, 2019
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The final installation stage of a 13-panel stained-glass window at Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools Immaculate Conception Elementary School will begin next Monday.
Omnibus Studios Inc. in New Era created the 16-foot-tall, 8-foot-wide Renaissance-style window and will begin installing it within the school’s chapel on Monday, August 5.
“What makes this work most unusual is that all the 1,833 pieces of glass that make up this elaborate window were decorated using ancient glass painting techniques -- the same technique used in the 14th century when the stained-glass windows were being assembled on the Notre Dame Cathedral Paris,” said Richard Hanley, president and CEO of Omnibus Studios Inc. “The only difference is that we used ceramic kilns to permanently fire this paint onto the glass instead of the wood-fired kilns used in 14th century Paris.”
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Additional news coverage for this project:
Oceana’s Herald-Journal: New Era studio creates, installs stained glassed window at Traverse City School