"Creation" in Glass

Creation Window
(artist's watercolour rendering in preparation
for fabricating the actual stained glass)

View of the window from the exterior of the church

Our dear friend Christina Amri makes glorious, stunning art using glass. Most of Amri Studios work these days focuses on huge donor walls or history walls for hospitals and universities, all incorporating etched and carved sandblasted glass lit by white or colored -- and sometimes moving -- LEDs. Take the time to click the link above and see some of the truly amazing and inspirational work she and her artists are doing.



This gorgeous stained glass window (all of these photos are taken from the outside) is almost 20 years old and resides in the First Presbyterian Church in Oakland, the gift of devoted members of the church. We went to see it preceding their Sunday service. Since the congregation was gathering we didn't want to impose by taking pictures inside the church.


But as we passed by on our way back to the car, we noticed how beautiful this Creation Window was from the outside as well, so Margot took these shots.

Matthew Fox called this window "The face of 21st century religious art." The full story of how the window was created can be found here.