Traditional stained glass, i.e. properly cut glass colored in mass, etched, painted with colored oxides and fired in a furnace, and then connected with a lead I-beam, is the field of monumental painting. It combines functions – decorative and functional.

The selected artistic technique determines not only the final form of the objects but is also associated with the activation of a specific artistic temperament. It is  perfectly visible when comparing work on stained glass with that on blown, hot glass.

Of course, the first stage of creation is the idea. The design is the basic element of creating stained glass, which needs to be drawn first and then copied on tracing paper and cardboard, before it is materialized in substance.

Stained glass is a controlled technique. Firstly, the artist needs to create the concept itself, which is then presented on paper as a drawing. Secondly, color arrangement must be determinedand then glass may be cut, framed with lead, soldered, luted, cleaned and finally inserted in the opening.

In my career, I have been designing and creating glazing and stained glass for private properties. One of the examples is a house in Wola Zachariaszowska, a small village near Krakow. I was the co-author of the whole project and the creator of glass decorative elements such as colourful, stained glass doors, glazing in ceilings and decorative panels made in fusing or slumping technique: big glass layers melted together with metal fillings enclosed between them. Those decorative details incorporated in the representative parts of the house set a truly unique  tone in the interior.