From the Editor’s Desk:
A Very Busy Second Quarter
Some issues of The Stained Glass
Quarterly just fall into place. Everything
just seems to fit. The articles are a perfect
mix; the photos are excellent; pre-planning
was flawless and everything flows together; during layout, the articles seem to jump
onto the page; postwork is almost nonexistent; the PDFs run out without problems,
and off it goes to press.
It has been a very busy quarter since the
last edition of this magazine. It makes me
wonder what the next three months will be
like. With any luck, they will be every bit
as packed with more great things for the
Stained Glass Association of America.
In October, the Stained Glass School will
be offering a workshop that teaches how to
use neon lights to backlight stained glass.
I’m really looking forward to this class;
This issue was not such an issue.
I’ve wondered for years how neon signs
are made, and, while this class is not exactThe timing of this year’s Conference was
ly about that, it will still necessarily cover
such that it forced moving the start date for
the basics — at least as far as I’ve wanted
working on this issue back by almost a
Deacon Richard H. Gross, MTS
to know — of how it is done. It will also be
month. But it was an amazing Conference.
The dalmatic I am wearing in this picture was an
ordination gift from the SGAA Board.
very interesting to see the final product: the
Everyone who worked on the Artists’
unit itself, and how it compares to other
Retreat should be very proud. It was, in my
lightbox-construction methods in terms of
opinion, one of the best Conferences I
cost and effectiveness. Hey — those LED units are great, but they
have ever seen. It was a very different format from many
aren’t cheap, and flourescent is cheap... but is often not all that
Conferences, and I hope to see that format used again in the future.
great. It will be nice to see another possible solution to the problem of artificial light in stained glass.
We also rolled out a digital edition of The Stained Glass Quarterly
beginning with this year’s spring edition; that, too, pushed deadOver the coming months, we will also see the initial implementalines for this issue back. You can find out more about the new digtion of sweeping changes to the membership categories in the
ital edition and how to subscribe to it by visiting www.stainedgSGAA. David Judson and the Membership Committee have been
lassquarterly.com, but, briefly, it’s something that we’re doing
hard at work streamlining the categories and improving what the
both to help overseas subscribers and potential subscribers be able
Association has to offer. Look for more information on these
to have an edition of the magazine without the added expense of
exciting changes at www.stainedglass.org over the coming
ever-rising postage costs and to meet a small but growing demand
months.
for publications in a digital format that can be read on computers,
tablets, and smartphones. There is no plan to go to an entirely digFall will soon be upon us, and with its cooler weather will come
ital format; the print edition will continue to be produced just as it
also opportunities for even more new and innovative offerings
has been for more than 100 years.
from the Stained Glass Association of America. In many ways,
what it means to be a stained glass practitioner is changing and
Also, on a more personal note, I was ordained a permanent deaevolving, and with those advancements, the SGAA will be workcon