My Stained Glass on Broadway
I didn't get the opportunity to post on this the other day, but I took a little impromptu trip to New York City on Thursday to see the windows for which my stained glass instructor had been commissioned. The windows are currently displayed on the front of the Forward Building on East Broadway, which once housed the Jewish Daily Forward newspaper but is currently being refurbished and remodeled as a luxury apartment building.
The patterns for the new windows were made from old black and white photographs of the originals. Based on light reflection and brightness/contrasts in the pictures, my teacher tried to get the window colors as close to what they might have been when the building was first constructed. No matter what, I think he did an amazing job.
As for me, I was lucky enough to lend a hand. So I can honestly say I helped to make a stained glass window that is now on display on Broadway. :)
The link below is the best picture I was able to find of the Forward Building on the internet (complete with the newly installed windows). It's not close enough to see detail, but it's decent:
The Forward Building (175 E. Broadway)
When my own photos come back from being developed, I'll see if they will be good enough to scan and post. I was a little disappointed that we weren't able to get very close, since the entire sidewalk in front of the building is currently being torn up and replaced. We had to look at it from the park across the street. I was certainly glad to have had the chance to see them though.
(Oh, and the window on the right is the one I worked on. *G*)
The patterns for the new windows were made from old black and white photographs of the originals. Based on light reflection and brightness/contrasts in the pictures, my teacher tried to get the window colors as close to what they might have been when the building was first constructed. No matter what, I think he did an amazing job.
As for me, I was lucky enough to lend a hand. So I can honestly say I helped to make a stained glass window that is now on display on Broadway. :)
The link below is the best picture I was able to find of the Forward Building on the internet (complete with the newly installed windows). It's not close enough to see detail, but it's decent:
The Forward Building (175 E. Broadway)
When my own photos come back from being developed, I'll see if they will be good enough to scan and post. I was a little disappointed that we weren't able to get very close, since the entire sidewalk in front of the building is currently being torn up and replaced. We had to look at it from the park across the street. I was certainly glad to have had the chance to see them though.
(Oh, and the window on the right is the one I worked on. *G*)