The Stained Glass Project
A collaborative effort by our Special Education and Visual Arts students has resulted in our chapel's windows being adorned by beautiful stained glass images. The winning design, submitted by Kamila Czerwik and Christina Pizzolon was chosen from forty submitted to Mr. Gorecki and Ms. Hickey. Their theme incorporated a unifying structure (a vine that embedded Christian and St. Marcellinus School symbols. Mr. DiFrancesco then designed the final two panels.
The creation of the stain glass followed a series of artistic and technical techniques. Mr. Gorecki cut the lines, chose the colors and the lead came for the connecting pieces. The design was enlarged to fit the windows in the chapel. Special Education and Visual Arts students traced pieces of glass (patterns) and placed it on a large piece of coloured glass, scored it and finished it by grinding it to the exact specification. The pieces were then wrapped with lead came, soldered together, and puttied to strengthen the panel. Finally the students applied the black patina to the lead came, polished the glass and transported the panels to the chapel.
The Process
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Mr. Gorecki and Jamal Bandoo assembling pieces of the panel. |  |
Greg Nearing and Jamal Bandoo tracing the glass patterns. |  |
Rudy Vrba scoring the glass patterns. |  |
Luca Matricciano and Alex Kozlowski applying lead came. |  |
Nick Avola and Anjali Arya soldering. |  | |
Miguel Sandoval, Mark Manalac, and Kevin Nguyen transporting the pane to the chapel. |  |