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| Sleestak and Chaka stained glass/tattoo art |
This gorgeous example of Sleestak-related artwork is from Dave Warshaw. He's selling prints of this. He has entitled it "Our Lady o Slee" This art is actually tattoo-related, and is in the style of the classic Madonna and Child image. There are actually several examples where people have been tattooed with Sleestak
[http://davewarshaw.com/artwork/55908_our_lady_o_slee.html]
I grew up in a town with lots of great stained glass in the church windows, both classical (similar to the image seen to the right, but without Sleestak or Chaka) and the more modern abstract style. Some houses in the neighborhood even had actual stained glass windows. That's because there were stained glass producing companies in town.
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| Tiffany stained glass postcard |
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| Winona "Sugar Loaf" Stained Glass at Watkins HQ |
The modern postcard to the left depicts a very recent installation of Tiffany stained glass at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona, Minnesota. Museum of Maritime Art in Winona, Minnesota.modern stained glass install by Reinarts Stained Glass Studios.
The stained glass image below is of Sugar Loaf Bluff and can be found in the Watkins Inc world heardquarters. This image and many other stunning photos of church stained glass and other stained glass in Winona can be found at the Mass CommuniMania blog entry. I strongly recommend visiting this link [http://masscommunimania.blogspot.com/2011/02/stained-glass-capitol-of-world.html] You won't find any Sleestaks, but you will find many great images. Make sure to scroll down to the bottom to see a stained glass depiction of the Native American "Princess Winona' of the lover's leap legend.
Are there any great stained glass examples in your church, or your community?
6 comments:
I am too new to my area to really point at any. However, I grew up in Fresno, which was full of stained glass windows. Most were traditional religious windows filled with saints, Jesus on the cross, or Mary with or without baby Jesus.
But there were many original craftsman style homes that were built with stained glass windows. The house I grew up in had built in bookcases and a huge built in sideboard in the dining room that had beveled leaded glass doors on them.
I have always loved stained glass and the way that light plays through it depending on the weather or up lighting.
I think it was Eric Clappton who studied stained glass at an art college in England. But I could be wrong.
As always... thanks for the links!
Off I go. =:]
One of my favorite examples is in Cincinnati in the Church of the Immaculata in Mt. Adams. At the top of each narrow, gothic arch-shaped window is a deep blue circle of glass. The effect when the late afternoon sun comes through is ethereal. There are no Sleestaks in the place.
Stained glass has 'stained' my memory. As young altar boys we
were playing catch outside the
Cathedral after practice. My throw went through one of the imported
(England, I think) windows which
depicted each apostle. Not sure
if it was Peter or Matthew, but I
still remember the stark horror as the expensive shards fell into the
nave.
I love the beauty of stained glass and the idea of using it in a cheekier way than churches do. I am imagining a stained glass rendering of Bryan Cranston as Walter White. I'd buy that.
I am not sure I like the first picture, actually, I really don't. The rest are pretty cool, though.
Yeah, it is rather provocative.
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