In 2014 and 2015 I designed and produced a collection of 7 unique custom windows for Tom Hiller. The windows are all the same size and embody a Canadian theme.
Beveled Polar Bear and Northern Lights - 2014
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The Polar Bear beveled window features a very expensive and unusual piece of smoky glass containing speckled coloured bits for the snow. The sky features a very powerful baroque swirled black and clear glass with bursts of vibrant northern lights.
Beveled Killer Whale - 2014
The bevels for this killer whale are actually a blend of clear and grey bevels. An array of textured green, turquoise and clear glass pieces form the background. Various sized globs were used to suggest bubbles. The giant pink bubble adds a final artistic touch to the piece.
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The Canada Goose is a repeat of a previous window which was designed from a photograph. The action pose of the bird is quite realistic. Notice how the light plays on the water glass to reflect and interesting pattern onto the window sill.
Red and White Trilliums - 2015
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The Trillium designs were developed to match an existing Art Nouveau Iris window. It is a mix of two different patterns. As in other Hiller windows, baroque swirl glass is blended with soft turquoise and mauve pastel shades of various textured glass. Faceted jewels add richness to the pieces. Iridescent raindrop and bumpy background glass adds a further softness to the piece and blends the two windows together.
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The design criteria for these windows was quite difficult. The client wanted an abstract design with fall colours, a suggestion of leaves and a pattern that flowed from one window to the other. It was challenging to incorporate leaves and still keep the design abstract and flowing. I went through many pattern books and wrestled with the design for several days, finally deciding to pick up from a previous pattern I’d done called the River of Life.
The green ribbons meander from one window to the other suggesting the circle of life flowing through everything. One ribbon was done in a vibrant orange colour to tie in with the two sun-like yellow and orange rondels. I found a perfect piece of uroboros glass for the leaf and then added in a maple key to show the seasons stretching from spring to autumn. The small globs interspersed amongst the windows contain orange leaf like bits in their centres.
Pencil bevels also flow from one window to the other echoing again the cycle of life as the rain comes down and then evaporates. The vertical movement continues as the bevels flow into textured narrow wavy clear glass in the middle background. Clear crackle glass in the rest of the background adds a final interesting and abstract feel to the piece. Once installed the windows were quite stunning and the client was very happy.
Arthur made the window frames and Amber sprayed them at "Elmira Kitchen and Bath" where she was working at the time.
All of the Hiller windows were framed in white and hung in front of the clients new windows to fit perfectly inside their white plastic framework.
The first 5 windows are hung in the windows in two adjoining open concept rooms and substitute for drapes in the rooms. You can view them from many different positions.
The final two abstract windows were hung in a separate dining room in which the walls were painted beige.
It was wonderful to get this large order from my friend Steph’s brother and it was great fun to design and make all the windows.
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