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Design of the Month · December 2009 |
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"St. Michael" I am moving into professional stained glass and this requires me to push Glass Eye 2000 to its limits. A good example of this is my St. Michael slaying the dragon, which is only one of 25 windows that I completed for the Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church here in Estes Park, Colorado. The window sits high on the west side of the church just above the choir loft. It is 3' x 9' and contains over 1100 pieces of glass. It is in an aluminum frame inside the original wooden frame.
  
  
This series of pictures of the St. Michael window was taken in the early evening when the setting sun lined up directly with the window. As one moves up and back down the aisle, the hot spot moves on the window, highlighting different areas and changing the colorations and intensity. It also puts a long area of color down the aisle leading to the altar, and at one time, lighted both the altar and the cross with seemingly separate lighting. ~ Jay Grooters, the Urban Rancher
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For
over 35 years, the Urban Rancher has been designing and creating
stained glass windows. Living in the mountains of
Colorado, he has specialized in flowers, animals, birds and
landscapes; however, in the past several years, there has been a
transition into liturgical themes. He does take orders
for custom work, to be done during the months of December
through March. Jay can be reached by
