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Exterior view of colored leadlight abstarcted from Rainbow Lorikeets
Multicolored glass, laminated to etched glass background with clear border.
Designed to suite a modern interior this screen has a myriad of silvered glass pieces reflecting the light.
Large window in Mausoleum, with coloured glass design suggesting transcendence.
Bevelled clear glass shapes akin to palm fronds superimposed on colored background.
Sparkling facetted jewels set in a rhythmical geometric pattern of clear and beige textured glass.
Formal entry with suround in coloured glass with some painted details of leaves in a geometric setting.
Playfull scribbles of fern-like, green strips climb a lattice work with a background of straw colors to deep red.
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Adelaide Artistic Glass has remained Adelaide's top leadight studio for over thirty-five years. Leadlight artist, Frans Kat, has worked directly with clients and leading architects and interior designers to create countless, magnificent leadlight and stained glass windows for homes, churches and public buildings throughout South Australia.
As a highly qualified leadlight artist, Frans Kat is best placed to create superior quality designs for all your leadlight and architectural glass needs.
Adelaide Artistic Glass is Adelaide's finest leadlight studio. Having studied stained glass at the Academy of Art in Belgium and The Netherlands, Frans Kat is best qualified to design and manufacture, repair, restore or conserve all your leadlight and stained glass windows. Specializing in the rare, traditional art of glass painting and staining, Frans has created many exceptional and creative leadlight designs for both contemporary and traditional homes, churches and other architecture.
Specializing in leadlight and stained glass repair, restoration and conservation work for private homes, churches and public buildings, Eurpean-trained Frans Kat and his team is best placed to carefully handle all your damaged leadlights, whether they be simple leadlight or highly detailed, hand-painted, precious heritage stained glass works. By placing your leadlights in the hands of a trained professional, leadlight artist and glass stainer, you can be assured of the highest quality result.
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All areas. We not only design and repair leadlight windows, large and small, but as a qualified glass painter and stainer, Frans Kat is in demand Australia-wide for major contracts involving stained glass conservation of heritage Church windows or for unique contemporary windows for some of the larger architectural projects. In the past we have been involved in projects in Sydney, Melbourne, Broken Hill and Menindee, to name but a few other places outside Adelaide.
Yes, for the greater Adelaide area, all our quotes are free. If designs need to be created, Frans, who is a trained graphic designer, does his design work using the computer. The designs will be so realistic that it takes the guesswork out of trying to interpret rough sketches. By taking photos on site, Frans can, in most cases, create a photo of exactly how the product will look when it's all finished. We call these our "Virtual Designs". They definitely place us a cut above the competition.
All styles. Frans Kat is a versatile and creative applied artist, who has long been asked to design for a myriad of different architectural and interior design styles, from Classical to Art Deco; Art Nouveau to Victorian. As an artist in his own right, Frans also likes to create contemporary designs for new architecture, both domestic homes and public buildings. For these he occasionally uses the latest techniques to allow them to fit entirely with the contemporary nature of the space.
Yes.We can repair any leadlight window or door panel. Bowing, which is common in old leadlight door panels can be caused by metal fatigue due to aging, as well as cracks in the solder joints. Many years of opening and closing doors can cause them to bow one way or another. Old cracked glass can be repaired using our large stocks of heritage glass and complete lead replacement will make your leadlight as good as new. In the process the glass is cleaned to bring back the sparkle it once had.
Yes, but great care must be taken.Sometimes old leadlight windows can become covered in paint and cement spatters and the dust and grime of ages, allowing less light to pass through, so they look dull and lifeless. In many cases we can rejuvenate these windows giving them back their sparkle, by either on-site cleaning or better still, a thorough conservation cleaning in the studio. At the same time we can repair any cracked glass or other problems. Painted glass needs more careful attention.
While the terms are often used interchangeably, strictly speaking, in Australia, the term Leadlight refers to simple coloured glass set in a framework of lead lines. Stained glass, refers to coloured glass which has been added to in some way, by being hand painted with traditional paints in shades of black and brown which are subsequently fired in a kiln to make them permanent. Stains and enamels of various colours as well as etching can also be used, before everything is leaded together.
Yes.We are specialists in the repair, restoration and conservation of Church leadlight and stained glass windows. As a qualified glass painter and stainer, Frans is experienced not only in creating new stained glass but also in handling the old heritage works. We take care of the entire project using the latest techniques to bring your damaged windows back to life. We can also do a full conservation report on all your heritage windows to let you know what will be required in the future.
Our best advice is to call our studio immediately before cleaning or tidying anything. Heritage windows are precious artworks and any broken glass; even the tiniest fragments are ideally required to properly conserve the window. If you don't disturb the site, you will give us the best chance to reconstruct precisely how the window was. It will mean that your window can most likely be restored to its former glory. We will make thorough records, clean-up and seal the window to make it secure.
Yes.Leadlight, just like an artist's oil painting, can be done in any style. The art is all in the design. If you are just used to seeing the old Victorian style tulip windows, for example, then you have seen only a very small part of what is possible in glass. We can create unique works which compliment any architectural style, and reflect your own values and tastes as well, in the process. Whether it be leadlight, painted glass, or new, laminated art glass, anything is possible.
Leadlight is craft form in one sense, but it is also an applied art. It is applied within an architectural context. While we can readily see many examples of leadlight everywhere, many are not really art. The real art is in the design, and whether they work in the context of the architecture in which they are found. Frans also creates what are called 'Autonomous' panels which are free-hanging, stained glass pieces which can be hung in front of a window, much like one hangs a painting on a wall.
