Winter Session at Bryn Athyn College saw the first class of glass
painting at Bryn Athyn taught by artist/educator, J. Kenneth Leap (see below).
Eight students participated in the class and learned stained glass techniques
including glass cutting, leading, soldering, fusing, painting and silver
staining. The students completed a series of panels during the class ranging
from simple exercises in leaded glass construction to reproductions of silver
stained panels based on renaissance examples. The final project included panels
of the students’ own design which had to include a copy of a medieval head and
a self portrait. The solutions to this challenge were highly inventive and can
be seen below.
Opportunities to participate in an abridged version
of this class are available during Bryn
Athyn College’s 2012 Sacred Arts Summer Institute. Four-day intensive sessions will be offered June
13-16, June 27-30, and July 11-14. Check out the Bryn Athyn College website for more information.
