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Restored Stained Glass for St. Patrick's in Brooklyn, IA

When it comes to stained glass restoration, we make sure that windows look just as they were intended when first constructed. Bovard Studio specializes in traditional techniques; we use the same methods that have existed for hundreds of years. This is true of the restoration we conducted for St. Patrick’s in Brooklyn, IA. We go a step further with protecting stained glass with our modern frame technology that combats increasingly harsh weather. Our Patented vented frames and Hurricane Code qualifications make Bovard’s frames the top choice in stained glass protection and preservation.

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Custom Stained Glass: Dexter, Iowa

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Bovard Studio makes your stained glass vision a reality. These stained glass windows for Zion Lutheran in Dexter, IA were custom built to our clients wishes-- infused with the deep meaning and designed to match their historic windows important to their facility. The existing transom window we restored played a key role in the color palette that we selected for their new windows.

Elegant Contemporary Windows of Saint Columba

The gracefully elongated windows of the Cathedral of Saint Columba in Youngstown feature the designs of Andrew R. Maglia that Bovard Studio restored. Maglia formed a nationally-renowned studio in Detroit, Michigan after emigrating from Italy. The swooping lines in his figures are perfectly adapted to the medium of stained glass.

Custom Dove Stained Glass Window

Bovard Studio is well-equipped in creating beautiful custom windows in symbolic styles. Take a look at two windows we designed for Saint Stephen Catholic Church in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

Waves of Color Ripple from Edisto Island Church Stained Glass Window

These two rose windows were part of a custom project for St. Frederick & St. Stephen Catholic Church in Edisto Island, SC. We designed and built everything from scratch to make a unique visual experience for our clients who wanted a water theme for the windows. Wave elements in the border were repeated throughout their window designs and the “water glass”  we used creates beautiful shapes in transmitted light with its undulating texture.

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Custom Painted Medallions Showcase Meaningful Symbols

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We love to make hand-painted medallions, which are used in traditional stained glass windows to feature meaningful symbols. Here is a set of medallions with symbols that were completely customized for our clients. We can work with new symbols and also provide a directory of traditional symbols for our clients to work with. Learn more about our medallions on our page at https://www.bovardstudioinc.com/medallions.

Custom Painted Stained Glass

Bovard Studio can work with all forms and styles of stained glass. Look at these colorfully painted stained glass pieces for a custom Icon style window that we made in 2006. The artwork is based on the significant San Damiano Cross from the 12th century.

Painting Custom Windows for Danville, CA

Our artists are hard at work painting pieces for a new stained glass window featuring the Catholic Church’s recently canonized couple, Saints Louis and Zelie Martin. Every glass detail is under careful scrutiny as is needed before their permanent place in a leaded matrix. The window will be one of a set of two for long-time client, St. Isidore’s Church in Danville, CA

 
 

Stained Glass Creation & Preservation