Craftspeople Working In Glass Workshop

Tall gothic windows glow with red, blue, and green stained glass along the walls of a stone workshop, their patterns echoed in a half-finished rosette panel propped on an easel nearby. At a long table, four glassworkers fit colored beads and glass pieces into a large circular window frame, working piece by piece toward the finished design. Rolls of lead came and sheets of foil sit ready on a second table, surrounded by pliers, snips, and small hammers. Bowls heaped with jewel-toned glass beads spill across the wood, sorted loosely by color and shape. A finished floral panel stands upright against the wall, catching light from the tall windows behind it. The unfinished rosette in the center mirrors the great window above it, each fragment of colored glass a small piece of the larger pattern.