The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. In an 1886 catalog, the Belcher ...

Sherri Kruger-Kukowski creates mosaic art using stained glass and natural materials. For 30 years, Sherri Kruger-Kukowski has been creating mosaic art in her studio in Badger, MN. Her primary medium ...

First-grade students at the Donegal Primary School are painting stained-glass mosaics inspired by artist Alma Thomas. As a Black artist born in the late 1800s, Thomas’ artwork wasn’t featured in a ...

When you think of stained glass, the name Tiffany probably comes to mind — those luminescent lamp shades or a stained glass window in a church or cathedral. But Louis Comfort Tiffany and his studio of ...

In a six-story building in the city’s center, Michael and Petra Mayer run — and reside in — one of the world’s oldest and most celebrated architectural glass and mosaic studios. The Mayer of Munich ...

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How did your interest in this genre begin? It all started in 1983 when I decided to order two stained glass lampshades from Phoenician Glass. I was there for fifteen minutes and watching one of the ...

Mosaic Basketball is one of Panini’s best products, both from a price perspective and the overall card design that comes along with it. When it comes to the latter, though, there’s only one offering ...

Critics say the emphasis on diversity and emotional expression risks translating a central mystery of the Church into the ...