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Welcome to Mystical Glass Designs
_We are very pleased to provide you the largest selection of Mystical and Decorative Designs in Stained Glass.
Our company provides high quality, handmade, unique designs for your Home, Garden or Business to create an inspirational environment bridging the physical and spiritual world.
History of Stained Glass
Based of the findings of ancient Egyptian glass beads, the process of glass-making began nerly 5,000 years ago!
Stained Glass seems to have put in an appearance in the first century A.D. when wealthy Romans of Pompeii and Herculaneum considered it a domestic luxury rather than an artistic medium. It began to be regarded as an art form when Constantine first permitted Christians to worship openly in 313 A.D. as they began to build churches based on Byzantine models. It was a source of wonder that the basest of natural materials, earth or sand, could be transformed into wonderful translucent substance capable of capturing specific portions from the spectrum of white light allowing the human eye to see the various colors of the rainbows. The church fathers were well aware of the ability of stained glass to "illumine men's minds so they may travel through it to an apprehension of God's light," as well as convey the stories and messages of the Bible. Traditional techniques in the creation of Stained Glass achieved perfection in the 11 th century in the pre-medieval houses of worship where, again, it was believed that the presence of these beautiful objects of art would lift men's souls closer to God by creating a pure atmosphere of light and color, inspiring a contemplative attitude through the transformation of the ordinary into the mystical. We at Mystical Glass Designs are honored to follow in this ancient tradition. May the house of your Being be enlivened by our creations. |