Public Art Glass

A magnificent way to enhance the architecture, our windows bring an added Aesthetic to the building.

With many added considerations, a Public piece of art is a collaborative effort where we incorporate your ideas with our experience to create a beautiful work of art. The evolution of the design is more than half of the work that goes into creating a piece of architectural art glass, and we appreciate the knowledge you bring.

Our philosophy is that our art is an evolution, progressing from a rough idea to a finished project. We do this through many pictures, samples, and visits, making sure the project not only meets our standards but more importantly, yours.

We know we can create a unique Art Glass Window that will bring into focus the beauty of your building.

Mellow Mushroom
Richmond, VA

We were given a design and were asked to create a window for a newly built pizza place in Short […]

Winchester Medical Center Cardiac Unit
Winchester, Virginia

Winchester Medical Center Stained Glass Flowers and Leaves ©Cain Art Glass 2016, All Rights Reserved

A Contemporary panel we created for Winchester Medical Center’s Cardiac Wing. This panel combined our flameworking, sculpturing, and beveling techniques […]

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum
Ohio State University

This project was years in the making, and an honor to be a part of. We worked with the curators […]

The Book Bindery Building
Richmond, Virginia

A European design for a traditional building. Using a light background hand blown glass from West Germany, with emerald green […]

6th Street Marketplace
Richmond, VA

The 6th street Market window was created in one piece; a ten foot diameter stained glass window. To achieve this […]

Jefferson-Pilot Building
Winston-Salem, NC

A twelve foot diameter skylight for a bank in North Carolina. With a concave bow we constructed this with a […]

Tandem Friends School
Charlottesville, VA

Every window begins with ideas. The ideas are worked through on paper, usually staring small and then enlarged to scale […]

Tandem Friends School
Charlottesville, VA

This window was created for the art room of a private school, grades 5 through 12. With the tree as […]

VIP Lounge, The Paramount Theatre
Charlottesville, VA

We designed a mirror to go between the lighting fixtures using our “antique” mirror technique. With a thin line of emerald green […]

The Ballroom, The Paramount Theatre
Charlottesville, VA

Our client did not want the brash look of new mirrors, so by contaminating silver nitrate and rolling it around […]

Leaded Glass Transom Windows
Virginia

A couple of leaded-glass windows that we restored and replaced at college campuses in Virginia. “We first worked with Mr. […]