Photos: New Windows Installation
Installing a stained glass window is about a whole lot more than just stitching together beautiful snippets of glass ...
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As we get ready to unveil and dedicate the new Now and Forever stained glass windows by Kerry James Marshall, here’s a quick glimpse of the installation process by our stained glass expert, Andrew Goldkuhle.
Goldkuhle’s family has a long history of work in sacred decorative arts; his father, Dieter, fabricated more than 60 windows at the Cathedral, and Andrew now carries on the family legacy.
Inserting the window into place is the relatively easy part — the dirty work is all the prep that goes into making the limestone frames ready to receive the new windows.
The photos below by Valerie Plesch give you a quick glimpse into the three-day process: