New Beginnings
This panel was designed for installation into an exterior arched window at the end of a hallway leading from the main area of the home into the master bedroom. One of the functional goals of this piece was to support …
Category: Windows and Doors
Abstract Triptych
This 44″x 55″ triptych includes a custom built walnut frame to hold the three vertical panes. The abstract design plays with our expectations about form as the colors shift through different hues for each pane. The triptych’s original window frame.
Mechanics of Mysticism
I created this design for a skylight. It was important to use only clear and lightly colored non-opalescent glass for this, so as to keep the room as bright as possible. I often feel that mathematics can be a path …
Eclipse
I had been looking for a reason to integrate pure black glass into my work for some time. The Eclipse came to me as an idea for a downstairs door at my new home in Colorado. I couldn’t count on …
Frontenac Shore
This custom design was adapted from a painting by Marianne Broome called “Canoe Lake IV”. It speaks of what I miss most about my hometown in Ontario. There is nothing quite like exploring the smooth rocky shorelines of Frontenac County …
Oval Tulip Door
For this project I was provided with the front door of a home containing a 20″ x 50″ oval-shaped opening for the stained glass. The original tulip design was an adaptation of a popular traditional motif common in heritage homes …
Victorian Cattails
This interesting combination of Victorian and contemporary design elements was commissioned by a couple with a particular love of cattails.
Goddess of Fertility
I created this large 28″ x 60″ window for the entry door of a remote cabin on Pender Island, BC. The couple I designed it for were beginning careers in Midwifery and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Magnolias
A homeowner in Vancouver commissioned this set of windows for a major home renovation. The 12″ x 36″ transom window bears the home’s street number, and complements the Magnolias design of the large 60″ x 28″ main window.
Lead Came Tulips
This lead came design was made for a 1900-era home in Vancouver, BC. The client also requested that I construct the wooden window frame itself, given the dimensions of the rough opening.
Antique Repair 2
This unique project involved modifying a pair of damaged antique lead came windows. The two 3-pane windows were salvaged and combined to create a single 4-pane window.
Antique Repair 1
This badly damaged antique stained glass window was brought to me for repair. Several pieces of glass were color matched and replaced. This is one of the few repairs I’ve done on stained glass that is made using traditional lead …
Kerrisdale Tulips
After having made several other windows featuring this traditional tulip motif, I was asked to create this window for a realtor’s home in the Kerrisdale neighborhood of Vancouver. The design was augmented with more detail and the finest glass …
Entryway Tulips
This pair of entryway windows features a traditional tulip motif in colors chosen specifically by the client, a realtor in the Kerrisdale neighborhood of Vancouver.
Celtic Knot Door
I designed this celtic knot for a diamond shaped window in the front door of a character home in the heart of Vancouver’s Commercial Drive neighborhood.
Semlin Doors
I adapted this Victorian design for a set of custom fir french doors built by Rainwood Contracting.
Semlin Loft Window
This window was my first attempt at stained glass design. I had the pleasure of learning the art of stained glass making from Vancouver artist Ken Tomilson, whom I commissioned to build this piece to my specifications.