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About

Crafting Personalized Stained Glass Art

A Distinctive Approach to Custom Creations

At Archangel Glass Works, each stained-glass piece is thoughtfully designed to reflect your story, space, and style through expert craftsmanship and careful material selection.

Mike Dumond, owner and lead artist at Archangel Glass Works, has dedicated over a decade to mastering the art of stained glass. His passion for the craft is rooted in a deep appreciation for how light interacts with glass, creating ever-changing visual stories. Mike combines traditional techniques with a modern sensibility to design custom pieces that reflect each client's unique vision and environment.

Crafting Light, Shaping Stories

Meet Mike Dumond

Purple circular stained-glass panel with a white fleur-de-lis design and geometric border

The Tiffany copper-foil technique involves wrapping each glass piece’s edges with thin copper foil before soldering them together. This method allows for intricate designs with slender, precise lines that highlight fine details and subtle textures.

Unlike traditional leaded stained glass, copper-foiling supports smaller, more delicate components, enabling detailed patterns and a refined finish. This approach suits the intimate scale and natural themes of our custom panels and art pieces.

How Copper-Foiling Shapes Our Art

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I’ve always been drawn to stained glass, especially the way light moves through it. As the light shifts throughout the day, the piece transforms, colors turn vivid or subdued, and textures and patterns cast new effects. The result feels almost magical.

My ready-made pieces are inspired by nature, flowers, animals, insects, and aquatic life. For custom work, I talk with clients about what they want, draw from their individual experiences, and choose colors and textures that resonate with them to shape a cohesive theme.

I work primarily in the Tiffany tradition, favoring its delicate lines and intimate detail.

Artist Statement

Crafting Your Story in Glass

Personalized Design Process

Each stained-glass piece begins with a detailed conversation to capture your vision, ensuring every element reflects your unique story and space.

Collaborative Design Conversations

We engage closely with you to understand your preferences, inspirations, and the atmosphere you want to create, shaping a design tailored to your needs.

Color and Texture Selection

Colors and textures are carefully chosen with you to complement your environment and evoke the emotions you want your stained glass to express.

Tiffany Copper-Foil Technique

Our work employs the delicate copper-foil method, allowing for intricate details and refined lines that enhance the piece’s visual depth.

Attention to Detail

From initial sketches to final assembly, every step is executed with precision to ensure a flawless finish.

Custom-Fit for Your Space

Designs are adapted to fit your architectural features and lighting conditions, maximizing the stained glass’s impact.

Ongoing Client Collaboration

We maintain open communication throughout the process, incorporating your feedback to refine the design until it perfectly suits your vision.

Stained-glass rooster in a circular frame, with red comb, multicolored feathers, and a blue sky background.

Stained glass transforms with the shifting light, revealing new colors and textures throughout the day. This dynamic quality makes each piece a living artwork that interacts with its environment.

Every custom project begins with a detailed conversation to understand your vision. We tailor colors, textures, and designs to reflect your story, ensuring each creation is as unique as the light it captures.