The Stained Glass Association of America (SGAA) celebrates the work of stained glass artists across the country and around the world. The Stained Glass Quarterly (SGQ) documents the history of architectural glass and provides a voice to the stained glass and mosaic industry.
Whether you’ve discovered a clever studio shortcut, noticed something strange on a job site, have a burning question about glass chemistry, or want to share a safety practice that’s made a real difference in your workspace, SGQ wants to hear it.
Each issue of Stained Glass Quarterly is shaped by the hands-on knowledge of practitioners like you.
Below you’ll find their open columns — a quick look at what each one is, and how to get involved. No experience writing for a magazine required. Just bring what you know!
Health & Safety
Health and Safety doesn’t have to be expensive or overwhelming. And it’s always worth it to consider new ways to incorporate better practices into our studios no matter the size of our shop and the scale of the work. Share your tips for keeping your studio and those who work with you healthy, happy, and SAFE!
Tool Tip
As a craft passed on from one set of hands to the next, we all build a unique library of tips and tricks in the trade. This column is a place to share any helpful studio hints that can be briefly summarized in a paragraph or two with minimal photos. Examples include unique tools that are priceless at the workbench, handmade tools, tool maintenance, storage solutions, etc.
Crack Up
Glass is everywhere in our world today, but as practitioners who get to crawl around historic (and not-so-historic) buildings and get up close and personal with the nuts and bolts of architectural glass every day, we enjoy a unique vantage point. This column is a place to share something curious, odd, weird, or downright wacky that you’ve seen on your glass adventures. All submissions will be reviewed and edited to be anonymous if chosen for publication.
Ask a Scientist
Have you ever wondered HOW it all works? What’s really happening at your workbench at a molecular level? Why certain colors are harder to make than others? Weird surface results that have you completely baffled? What’s really the cause of that glassy SNAFU?
One magical result of the International Year of Glass in 2022 is that SGAA became part of a much larger glass community, and now they’ve got a crew of generous materials experts standing by to help them figure it out. In return, they get to appreciate an entirely new angle of glass making. So go ahead, lay it on ’em! What’s your science question? Please note that this column is purely for glass material-related questions and not about technical window construction or restoration questions.
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