Venerable Techniques -
Modern Vision

Jon has crafted traditional church windows that hark back to the religious roots of stained glass craftsmanship. One window, featuring the early Christian, Saint Athanathius, has even been featured in a book on the history of religion.

Perfectly capable of producing a compassionate Christ or beloved saint, Jon has also brought a personal and modern touch to his ecclesiastical work.

An abstraction of Calvary crafted for Montgomery Presbyterian Church retains the heart-wrenching emotions of the crucifixion primarily because Jon could use the tool of abstraction to convey the feeling without retracing depictions that had lost some of there power due to over familiarity.

Jon's techniques and tools, with the exception of electric kilns and soldering irons, would not be unfamiliar to artisans of past centuries. It’s his subject matter that might sometimes leave his predecessors open-mouthed. More Ecclesiastical