Architectural Stained Glass Services & Restoration • Etched & Carved Glass • Protective Coverings
Stained Glass Conservation
Castle Studio offers comprehensive stained glass conservation services, undertaking all aspects of the process in-house. We have successfully completed a number of conservation projects on windows created by the likes of Louis Comfort Tiffany, John La Farge, and Violet Oakley. We offer a broad range of conservation services that provide our clients with flexible options when considering a studio to undertake specialist conservation work. We take an individualized approach to conservation for every project after careful analysis, to ensure success. Our highly trained craftsmen aim to preserve historic stained glass for future generations to appreciate.
Our services include:
- In-studio glass repairs, glass cleaning and re-sealing & cementing
- Removal & re-installation
- In-studio photography and detailed notes on all cracks, broken glass…
- Creation of rubbings indicating lead sizes and profiles, and size of each panel
- Lead and joint repair
- Glass cleaning
- Re-attachment of loose support bars
- Edge gluing cracked and broken pieces where possible
- Restoration and or replication of painted pieces
- Replicate missing or badly broken pieces, with expert glass matching