We receive requests for Course from from all over the world, but this winter we welcomed our fiRst South American student, Laura from Uruguay. Laura had for some time followed our courses page on Facebook, and watched our videos and finally took the opportunity of a long summer vacation, to flee the tropical heat of …
During this new residential course my new student is producing her fantasy stained glass, this window will adorn the living room of her house in North Italy. She has just finished to cut the glass and tomorrow the first approach with glass painting. At IKO studio we also organise project focused courses for those who want …
Below are some photos of the work in progress for the making of a hand painted skylight
Summer 2013, Stained Glass Courses IKO Studio is delighted to announce the dates of Stained Glass Courses in May, August, September, these courses are designed for groups up to four students at a reduced price of € 700 + VAT. As always for all of our residential courses accommodation is free with the course, you will …
This January’s stained glass course we were delighted to welcome Alfredo and his daughter Raffaella. Alfredo is from Naples, but he spends a good deal of his life in Africa. He loves his job and he loves Africa even more but unfortunately he’ spends a lot of time away from his wife and the three …
This is the first specialist course on glass painting that focuses on painting flesh: hand and faces. Lasting for six days, from the 5th of August to the 10th, with over 60 hours in the studio, it is suitable for those who already have experience in stained glass painting, including professional stained-glass artists who want …
Poor Conservation of Stained Glass in Todi The Stained glass in Todi, is in a terrible state of poor conservation, particularly that of the church of Saint Fortunato. In the state of Italy fortunato translates as fortunate, but clearly this is an unfortunate state of affairs. It was during one of my recent intensive stained …
Creation of a glass door with hand painted poem on single sheet of Madras Kyoto glass. In every day life my client is an engineer but in his free time he cultivates a real passion for poetry so much so that he even composes poems himself. Romantically, he penned a lovely poem dedicated to his …
Book review of Harry Clarke, Strangest Genius. IKO Studio has a small library full of art books and specific titles on stained glass. It is a collections of books purchase on the Internet and it includes some rare, limited edition books. One of my favorite stained glass artists is without a doubt, Harry Clarke, he was …
This intensive residential stained glass course with painting, demonstrates just how much our students have to celebrate. Jutta celebrates producing a stunning stained glass window, mastering this ancient art and her birthday. Our courses also include visits to local attractions for inspiration as well as rest and relaxation.
An individual, intensive, residential, glass painting course was run at IKO Studio at the end of June. Take a look at our student’s work. Well done Valentina.
Through good restoration and enlargement of a stained glass window a stained glass window can easily be moved to a new location and reinstalled. Moving to a new house is an exciting moment, especially if you are starting out in a new country; but it’s not until you’ve unpacked your furniture and put the pictures …
Angel stained glass window, work in progress, machine made glass and mouth blown glass, glass paint and enamel.
We’ve just concluded a type of stained glass course, a Project Focused Stained Glass Course, that concentrated on an ambitious stained glass project brought to the studio by Marisa.
At our studio we have just completed a glass painting course.
Luxury Lamp This luxury lamp with a circular stained glass panel is housed in a hand-crafted wooden frame. It is the first circular lamp from IKO Studios.
Contemporary Stained Glass Window Following a request by some of my Facebook followers, in this post I’m going to explain the process I used to create this contemporary stained glass window with spiral. I advocate the sharing of knowledge and techniques between stained glass artists which is one of the main reasons for writing this …
Leaded Stained Glass, Work in Progress Leading up a stained glass a work in progress gallery, in this process we are using the thinnest lead on the market, this leaded stained glass window is made in Italy by IKO Studio the glass that we are using is mouth blown glass from Lamberts and with machine made …