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Stained Glass: Inherent Timeless Beauty of Art Glass

Shikha Saxena
3 min readApr 22, 2022

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Art Glass with colors, used in ancient religious institutions are beautiful

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Stained Glass also called leaded glass or art glass has eternal beauty and history. They are handcrafted and expensive. Sold as colored sheets of art glass they are made from specific baking method that gives them resistance to UV light and they can last up to 75 years without getting faded or off color. Stained Glass: Inherent Timeless Beauty of Art Glass are mostly found in churches and palatial complexes and has thousand years of history behind its usage.

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Stained Glass

Stained glass also known as art glass or leaded glass depending upon the way it is manufactured. It is UV light resistant and can withstand upto 75 years of sun light without getting faded and colors getting lighter with time. Art glass is available in sheets of glass and is handcrafted and painted motifs later. It is very expensive and take s time to create the pieces carefully.

Custom made stained glasses $100–600 per square foot are costlier than premade colored glass designs. Stained glass may be used in windows, entrance doors, sun windows, lamp shades…

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Shikha Saxena
Shikha Saxena

Written by Shikha Saxena

A Technical Writer, an artist and blogger by choice. Passionate about reading , writing and editing, NY.http://www.shikhasaxena.com and https://www.dnabox.co/

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