GOTHIC STAINED GLASSES

In the 12th century, as Gothic cathedrals began popping up all across Europe, those in charge of decorating these fabulous structures were faced with a new challenge: Given the grand scale and great importance of these bildings, how should they be decorated? Gothic artists responded to this challenge in a variety of ways. On the outside, Gothic sculptors decked their cathedrals with an ever-growing array of decorative sculptures. On the inside, Gothic glaziers took advantage of advances in Gothic engineering to build soaring walls of stained glass, flooding the interior with light.

These stained glass windows were the multimedia stories of their day. Since very few people could read at the time, stained glass windows offered illiterate Christians a glimpse into the tales of the Bible. Fitting pieces of glass together in lead frames, Gothic glaziers wrote the stories of the Bible, not in word, but in light. 

Students from SIES Humanes in Cubas have become "Gothic glaziers" adapting the topics of that time to our days and developing some fantastic work that you can observe below. Here you have some pictures of the process from start to finish. If you would like to create your own stained glass window, you can find how to do it here.  Dare to try it!!!

Lastly, here you have the final result: