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The sunlight glinted off the glass in a rainbow of colors — red, orange, blue and green.
The stained glass projects at Central Christian College were the works of students in an interterm class – all first-time projects for students who were primarily not art majors.
Art instructor Naomi Ullum brought artist Al Henrion to the college to offer the first-ever stained glass class — something the school hopes will bloom into an expanded program in art glass.
Henrion was invited as a guest teacher for the class. He taught industrial arts for more than 34 years, but when he retired, he took up the art of stained glass. His glass business now includes special orders, repairs, consignments, 3-dimensional pieces and stained glass windows.
Henrion always has been ambitious when it comes to his art. His first project was a 25-horse carousel. The piece, which was lighted and spun, took him 400 hours to complete.
The students in the Central class only had two weeks to learn their craft and complete their projects, but Henrion said he was amazed at the results.
“They progressed from the basics to really high-end work,” he said.
The students in the Central class started out with picture frames to learn the basics of straight cuts. From there they did pieces with curved cuts, and then 3-dimensional objects, which included whirls, light boxes, lampshades and glass sculptures.
Their final projects were of their own choosing. The tables in the Central art room were splashed with color, including pastel flowers, glinting gold fish and bright red geometric shapes.
Benjamin Hartzell, freshman from Midwest City, Okla., was making a 3-dimensional piece, focusing on a hummingbird and flowers for his grandmother.
“She heard I was taking a stained glass class, and she said she wanted something with flowers in it. I believe she will really like this,” he said.
Hartzell like many of the other students in the class is not an art major. He is studying natural science with an emphasis in chemistry, but he said he liked what the art class had to offer.
“It is definitely a challenge to create something like this,” he said.
Becca Way, a freshman majoring in natural health science, said she built her schedule around the art class.
“I am so glad to be in here,” she said. “Making things is a lot of fun. I love the colors and working on the projects. They have really encouraged us to create whatever we are capable of, and that is what they want to see.”
The sunlight glinted off the glass in a rainbow of colors — red, orange, blue and green.
The stained glass projects at Central Christian College were the works of students in an interterm class – all first-time projects for students who were primarily not art majors.
Art instructor Naomi Ullum brought artist Al Henrion to the college to offer the first-ever stained glass class — something the school hopes will bloom into an expanded program in art glass.
Henrion was invited as a guest teacher for the class. He taught industrial arts for more than 34 years, but when he retired, he took up the art of stained glass. His glass business now includes special orders, repairs, consignments, 3-dimensional pieces and stained glass windows.
Henrion always has been ambitious when it comes to his art. His first project was a 25-horse carousel. The piece, which was lighted and spun, took him 400 hours to complete.
The students in the Central class only had two weeks to learn their craft and complete their projects, but Henrion said he was amazed at the results.
“They progressed from the basics to really high-end work,” he said.
The students in the Central class started out with picture frames to learn the basics of straight cuts. From there they did pieces with curved cuts, and then 3-dimensional objects, which included whirls, light boxes, lampshades and glass sculptures.
Their final projects were of their own choosing. The tables in the Central art room were splashed with color, including pastel flowers, glinting gold fish and bright red geometric shapes.
Benjamin Hartzell, freshman from Midwest City, Okla., was making a 3-dimensional piece, focusing on a hummingbird and flowers for his grandmother.
“She heard I was taking a stained glass class, and she said she wanted something with flowers in it. I believe she will really like this,” he said.
Hartzell like many of the other students in the class is not an art major. He is studying natural science with an emphasis in chemistry, but he said he liked what the art class had to offer.
“It is definitely a challenge to create something like this,” he said.
Becca Way, a freshman majoring in natural health science, said she built her schedule around the art class.
“I am so glad to be in here,” she said. “Making things is a lot of fun. I love the colors and working on the projects. They have really encouraged us to create whatever we are capable of, and that is what they want to see.”
