Glass Replacement

St. Anthony’s Church in Tigard. We were told that this location…

…and these stained-glass works of art (though clearly not the current building) date back to when local American Native Villages existed nearby.

In any regard, the building was unfortunately vandalized by means of someone throwing a rock through one of these works of art.

As you can see from this photo, it damage two pieces of glass and even bent the adjoining zinc-caming. If you click on the photo, it will be enlarged.

The rock also damaged a piece of obscure glass to the exterior.

Technicians Tim Afonin and Phil McNair go about the business of removing the exterior obscure glass.

And modern-day art-glass artisan David Schlicker ( http://davidschlicker.com/) is employed by our company…

…to effect the more critical repairs to the irreplaceable works of art. You may want to enlarge this and the next photo.

Being given the opportunity to watch a true craftsman such as David cut-to-fit and then finesse this piece of glass into position between…

…the metal framing (zinc caming) would be (and was for us) a rare treat for anyone who really understands what it takes to become a true artisan in just about any craft.