An insightful corrective demonstrating the Arts and Crafts Movement's indelible impact on British and American stained glass Beautifully illustrated and based on more than three decades of research, Arts & Crafts Stained Glass is the first study of how the late-19th-century Arts and Crafts Movement transformed the aesthetics and production of stained glass in Britain and America. A progressive school of artists, committed to direct involvement both in making and designing windows, emerged in the 1880s and 1890s, reinventing stained glass as a modern, expressive art form. Using innovative materials and techniques, they rejected formulaic Gothic Revivalism while seeking authentic, creative inspiration in medieval traditions. This new approach was pioneered by Christopher Whall (1849-1924), whose charismatic teaching educated a generation of talented pupils--both men and women--who produced intensely colorful and inventive stained glass, using dramatic, lyrical, and often powerfully moving design and symbolism. Peter Cormack demonstrates how women made critical contributions to the renewal of stained glass as artists and entrepreneurs, gaining meaningful equality with their male colleagues, more fully than in any other applied art. Cormack restores stained glass to its proper status as an important field of Arts and Crafts activity, with a prominent role in the movement's polemical campaigning, its public exhibitions, and its educational program. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Inspired by the elegant simplicity of the Arts and Crafts movement, this compilation of original patterns is the handiwork of an expert in stained glass design. Artists and artisans will find a wealth of design options among its 73 handsome motifs. Here is a garden of florals, with sprays of blossoms and single buds, running patterns of flowering vines, and other images drawn from the natural world, many reduced in the sinuous curved lines that foreshadow the development of Art Nouveau. Framed by oval, rectangular, square, round, and half-round borders, these royalty-free designs are easily adapted for use in a wide variety of craft projects.

The 16 boldly outlined designs — all adapted from actual stained glass works of the Arts and Crafts period — depict willowy, long-stemmed blossoms; delicate water lilies; dainty primroses in a simple floral frame; a garden with a cloistered mission in the background, surrounded by a rococo frame; and much more.

Over 100 authentic, royalty-free patterns from one of the most flamboyant of artistic periods, including outlines of a lovely winged damsel, florals and vines, a vase, a butterfly, and much more. All displayed in rectangular, oval, circular, and semi-circular frames for use by craftspeople and stained glass workers at all levels of expertise.

DIVStunning patterns of ovals, rectangles, triangles, circles and many more for a variety of stained glass projects in the elegant Art Deco style. 136 b/w line illus. /div

This splendid sourcebook for stained glass designs contains 88 patterns in styles ranging from medieval interlacements to Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and modern motifs. Suitable for crafters at every level of expertise, the patterns can be easily expanded for full-sized panels, mirror surrounds, and other decorative work.

91 designs for workable projects: abstract patterns in both straight-line and curve; men and women in characteristic 1920s garb; geometrically stylized birds, trees and animals; and more. Intermediate to advanced level. 60 plates.