Christiane Mitchell of Sunnyvale uses a soldering iron to tack together intricately carved pieces of colored glass. She says she plans to enter her stained glass project in an art contest.
Glass with Class
Photographs By Kathy De La Torre
Although it may look difficult, stained glass is an age-old art form that anyone can learn and use to create attractive windows, home decorations, or art pieces. San Jose resident Phyllis E. Hunt has been teaching Tiffany-style stained glass classes since 1971, although this is her first year teaching at the Saratoga Community Center.
Saratogan Shobana Pendyala assembles roughly cut glass pieces just the way she wants them before moving on to the next step of stained glass-making: grinding down the rough edges.
Hunt says she is the only instructor in the area who teaches this more sophisticated type of stained glass-making. The Tiffany style includes smaller and more intricate glass pieces for more complex projects, as opposed to the bulky lead materials used in most stained glass classes.
Mitsumi Nakagawa (left) and Kat Angeli, both of Saratoga, grind colored pieces of glass in preparation for their stained glass art projects.
For information about future class dates and locations, call Hunt at 408.264.1642.
Saratoga, California Since 1955
