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Willet Hauser is a stained glass studio with over 100 years of experience in designing and creating stained glass windows. They have two locations in Philadelphia and Winona and have created windows for famous buildings like the National Cathedral. Their work ranges from traditional to contemporary styles using techniques like leaded glass, faceted glass, and painting. They promise to work closely with clients to ensure windows reflect their vision and leave a lasting artistic legacy.
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- 1. Where Light Learns to Speak…… Renowned Creation of Stained Glass
- 2. Renowned Creation of Glass Art Willet Hauser is where light learns to speak. We bring a 115 year old legacy of stunning architectural stained glass design & creation to our projects. Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo, NY
- 3. Willet Hauser is a large glass organization with over 70 employees in two studio locations: • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Winona, Minnesota
- 4. Philadelphia Studio Founded as Willet Studios in 1898 To specialize in the design & fabrication of fine stained glass windows Willet window at the National Cathedral
- 5. Winona Studio Founded as Hauser Art Glass Company in 1946 To specialize in repair, restoration & protection of existing stained glass
- 6. Willet Hauser has created windows for thousands of buildings including: • The National Cathedral, Washington DC • The Cadets Chapel, USMA West Point • The Chapel at the United Nations, New York • National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC • Grace Episcopal Cathedral, San Francisco • Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York And hundreds of Catholic Churches & Cathedrals including: • The Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, GA • Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD • Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Detroit • Cathedral of St. Paul, Pittsburgh • Cathedral of St. Mary, San Francisco • Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Savannah • Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Winona, MN Rose window at Peachtree United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA
- 7. The extensive legacy of Willet Hauser is shown in their creation of fine architectural windows in both Contemporary and Traditional styles of Leaded and Faceted stained glass. Contemporary Faceted Stained Glass
- 8. Faceted Windows For 60 years Willet Hauser faceted glass creations have been enhancing buildings and public spaces. Ancillae-Assumpta Catholic Academy Chapel
- 9. New York Hall of Science, Queens, New York An entire 9 story building constructed of faceted stained glass panels for the 1964 Worlds Fair.
- 10. Contemporary Leaded Stained Glass Lewis & Clark window at the National Cathedral Peachtree United Methodist Church, Atlanta
- 11. Peachtree United Methodist Church Atlanta, Georgia Willet Hauser designed, fabricated and installed 41 large windows for this new building.
- 12. A traditionally designed building with windows that are at the same time classical and contemporary.
- 13. The church wanted the overall style of the windows to be contemporary with a more traditionally styling of the figures in the nave windows.
- 14. A detail of the window showing the traditional painted figure area with more contemporary coloring.
- 15. The background is mostly unpainted leaded glass with smooth and textured glasses for contrast.
- 16. Details from some of the 40 other windows created for this church.
- 17. Saint Stephen Lutheran Church, Longwood, FL
- 18. Belin Chapel, Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX
- 19. Chiara Center Convent, Springfield, IL
- 21. Moorings Presbyterian Church, Naples, FL
- 23. Saint Stephen Lutheran Church, Longwood, FL
- 25. Traditional Leaded Stained Glass Windows For over 100 years Willet Hauser has created the finest traditional styled windows in the United States. First Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN
- 26. St. Martin’s Episcopal Church - Houston, Texas 36 major traditional styled windows created by Willet Hauser
- 27. Chancel area of St. Martin’s
- 28. Right Side Clerestory and Aisle Windows
- 29. West Wall
- 30. Detail of window One of the Nave Clerestory Windows
- 31. Details from background and borders
- 32. A detail from San Chapelle, Paris Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta
- 38. Saint Mark’s Catholic Church Oro Valley, Arizona
- 39. Three windows above the main entrance on the West Elevation
- 40. The Risen Christ
- 43. Painting by Renaissance artist Matthias Gruenwald Willet Hauser design
- 48. 2 Rose Windows at the North and South Transepts
- 59. Your Legacy Entrusted to Experts When you choose Willet Hauser to create your stained glass windows, you are placing them in the experienced hands of a team of artists and designers who’s sole purpose is to ensure every detail reflects your unique vision before sculpting it into a tribute of glass, color, and light. Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University
- 60. Willet Hauser will provide: • Aid in the development of the iconography of the windows in this first stage. • Coordination with the church in the iconography of all of the future windows. • Creation of sample designs for future windows to aid in obtaining the memorial money from donors. • The design, fabrication and installation of the windows into stained glass ready framing. • Assurance that the framing allows for proper ventilation of the cavity between the stained glass and the outer glass.
- 61. Next Steps Choose Willet Hauser as your stained glass studio and begin the collaboration that will create a unique artistic treasure for Saint Mark’s. First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 62. Our Promise to You You can trust your legacy to our legacy.
- 63. Where Light Learns to Speak…… We are Looking Forward to Working with You
Editor's Notes
- We like to say that Willet Hauser is where Light Learns to Speak. For over 115 years we have been creating stained glass masterpieces that can be found in thousands of buildings. Our windows are located in every state in the union and in 14 foreign countries.
- We are a large stained glass organization with over 70 people making their living in stained glass. We have studios in two locations.
- Our Philadelphia studio was originally founded as Willet Studios in 1898 by an artist named William Willet. His goal, and the emphasis of the studio, was the design and creation of the finest of new stained glass windows. Our Philadelphia building is over 24,000 square feet of design studio, fabrication studio and library archives. It is capable of handling any size project, from a single window for a home to all of the windows in a cathedral in a reasonable amount of time.
- Our Winona studio was founded as Hauser Art Glass Company by my father in 1946. His goal was to create a studio specializing in the repair, restoration and protection of existing stained glass windows. Our Winona building creates an additional 20,000 square feet of studio space. By the 70’s the two studios were the largest in their specialties and were merged in 77 to form Willet Hauser.
- Some of the thousands of buildings for which we have created windows over the past 115 years have been: 1.The National Cathedral in Washington DC. Willet Hauser has created 9 windows for this massive structure. 2.The Cadets Chapel at the United States Military Academy at West Point. William Willet won an international competition for the 40’ tall chancel window in 1910. One of the runners-up was the famed Tiffany Studios. As classes graduated, they gave class gifts toward the completion of all of the windows in this cathedral sized chapel. It was not completed until 1976 making it the longest continuing stained glass commission ever in the United States. 3.Both the impressive gothic Grace Episcopal Cathedral and the modern Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in San Francisco have windows from our studios, as does the Cathedral of St. John the Devine and the Chapel at the United Nations in New York City, The National Presbyterian Church, in Washington, DC, and the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta.
- Our wide variety of work is shown in both Traditional and Contemporary styles of Leaded and Faceted stained glass.
- Willet Hauser has also been creating window art in the newer technique of faceted glass for churches and for public buildings.
- In 1964 we were selected to design and create over 5,400 faceted glass panels for the Hall of Science, a 9 story building at the 1964 Worlds Fair. This is one of the largest stained glass installations in the world. To give you an idea of the scale, the Great Hall, the room pictured, has a ceiling 100 feet above the floor.
- As architecture became more contemporary, Willet Hauser designers created windows in new styles, with the same emphasis of artistic quality of design and execution and the creation of a worshipful atmosphere. On the right is one of the 9 Willet Hauser windows at the National Cathedral. On the left is one of three magnificent rose windows created for the Peachtree United Methodist Church in Atlanta.
- And here is the largest rose window, one of the 41 windows we created in this project.
- Overall this is a somewhat traditionally designed building with many classical features, thus the architect and the congregation desired something that is both classical and contemporary.
- Here you can see how we mixed the contemporary unpainted background with the more traditional painted figures.
- This detail shows the skill of the Willet Hauser glasspainters in combining the traditional and the contemporary.
- Most of the glass is raw, unpainted, traditionally mouthblown, handmade, antique glass used in a very contemporary manner. It showcases the beauty of the individual glasses with their differing textures and uneven coloring.
- Some additional details from a few if the windows.
- Our contemporary designers work in a number of different styles, but all strive to emphasize that the medium is glass; that the line, color, and textures create a unique transparent work of art, not just a pretty picture painted on the surface of the glass.
- All are designed to compliment the architecture, not compete with it.
- Since the winning of the competition for the West Point Chapel, Willet Hauser has been recognized as being the premier American studio for the creation of the traditional styled window.
- A recent example was the creation of all of the windows for this cathedral sized building.
- You can see on these next few slides, the attention to traditional styles and detail that make these windows fine works of art.
- These traditional windows have a large single figure medallion on an ornate ornamental background.
- Every piece of glass has been painted and fired in the same techniques as used in the medieval cathedrals of Europe.
- Other traditional design style from Willet Hauser include the multi medallion styles similar to the windows found at the famed Chartres Cathedral or San Chapelle in Paris, shown on the left. On the right is one of the Willet Hauser windows created for the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. Each of the small medallions contains a scene or story from the Bible. Because of the great detail, with many small pieces of glass, this is one of the most expensive styles of traditional stained glass art.
- Another traditional style has a figurative scenic area that extends across multiple lancets, surrounded by elaborate columns and canopies.
- Yet another traditional style has multiple scenes stacked one on the other with no medallion shapes but having traditional figures and a traditional elaborate border.
- Simplifying the background but maintaining the traditional figures can create a meaningful window for many churches. A less elaborate background helps to achieve the traditional look more economically.
- Many traditional figures in traditional church architecture are somewhat stylized. A good design can be made to fit the odd shaped architectural openings.
- Another method of designing for a simple arched opening using symbol medallions rather than figures and greatly simplifying the background to achieve a more economical effect..
- You are in a unique position, that of being called upon to select windows for your new building. This is a privilege, and a responsibility, that few are fortunate enough to have. A stained glass window is most likely different than anything you have ever purchased. Properly cared for it can last for centuries. But it is an exciting purchase! You are in a position to choose artistic beauty, inspiration and tradition that will be passed along to future generations. The art that you choose to create this worship space will be probably be here for centuries. A part of your planning states that….
- The front three windows above the entrance will be a cohesive design and therefore treated as one window for purposes of our discussions. The center window shall be the Risen Christ. The two side windows will be designs that compliment the center.
- Let’s look at some designs for The Risen Christ. Jesus in all His Glory after His resurrection and victory over death.
- Willet Hauser has designed this theme many times in both contemporary and traditional design styles. I have brought a few of those designed in the traditional styles to show some of the ways we have created original artistic windows in an approximation of your center window, in other words a window taller than its width. They begin with the styles simpler in their overall treatment, moving to the more complex and thus to the more expensive. In the style here illustrated we have Jesus stepping from the tomb with rays of light emanating from the figure. Although the central figure is heavily painted in the traditional style, the overall background is mostly unpainted glass, selected to be more intense in the area nearest the scene and becoming lighter as it moves away. The coloring and the linear quality of the design created by the leadlines all lead the eye back to The Risen Christ.
- Here we have a similar design, the Christ figure is more traditionally painted and larger in the overall size of the window, however the theme is the same. Jesus has just resurrected from the tomb. The background is a bit different, more geometric. A small scene of the empty crosses appears above.
- The Willet Hauser design on the right mimic’s a famous painting of the Resurrection by the German Renaissance painter Matthias Gruenwald. It is one of the panels of the famed Isenheim Atarpiece created for the monastery of St. Anthony in Isenheim, which is near Colmar, Alsace in France. It is now on display at the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar. It combines the Resurrection with the Ascension.
- This Risen Christ says “Come Unto Me” with his body in the heavens and his feet astride the earth. A very traditional rendering with every piece of glass painted and fired.
- Another Risen Christ just outside the tomb, with the banner of his Resurrection. It is executed in a fully painted traditional stylization with a very detailed border.
- Here we have a fully painted scene of the Risen Christ right after Resurrection, complete with frightened soldiers. The scene is bordered by a traditional vine motif.
- Another complex design of the Risen Christ. Additional symbols adorn the background cross. The background also has the traditional vines that form a border for six small scenes of the people affected by the Resurrection, the Children the sick, the elderly , etc. If a design style such as this were chosen the adoring figures could be moved to the two adjoining windows. Another idea for the flanking windows might be two archangels such as Saint Michael and Saint Gabriel.
- Also in your current plan for this first stage is the design, fabrication and installation of two rose windows, located in the transepts.
- Over the past 115 years Willet Hauser has created hundreds of Rose Windows. This particular window, “The Canticle of the Sun” was just installed in the new building being created for Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Frisco, Texas. We are currently creating all of the leaded traditional windows for their main church and all of the leaded contemporary windows for the adjoining chapel. We hope to be completed with all windows ordered and installed by late this year. This particular Rose window at a diameter of 10 feet 6 inches is a bit larger than yours allowing us to incorporate a lot of ornamentation and symbolism into the design area.
- Similar to all stained glass, the cost of the round windows follows the complexity of the design. A simple design such as this with a few large pieces of glass is an example of a less expensive round window, In that you had indicated that one of the rose windows should have the Holy Spirit I have chosen a number of windows with that theme.
- Here the dove is a bit more realistic and there are more glasses throughout.
- In these two round windows the glass paint is limited to the center medallion area and a few ornaments. Most of the background glass is unpainted.
- Again we have the dove representing the Holy Spirit with a more fully painted ornamental background.
- The same design except the dove has been replaced with symbols of Holy Communion.
- An ornamental Rose window with the symbols of Baptism, the Dove representing the Holy Spirit and the shell with three drops of water representing the act of Baptism as a sacrament.
- A traditionally designed rose window with an ornamental background surrounding a a central symbol, a Communion theme, represented by grapes, wheat, chalice, paten and hosts.
- Here, in a little different style is a Rose window depicting Creation with some text from Genesis as a border.
- Here is another rose window with a creation iconography, but in reality it has multiple themes. The creation, by God the Father, is represented in the symbolism in the blue background surrounding a descending dove, a symbol of the Holy Spirit. The descending dove is also used as a symbol for Baptism and when, as here, coupled with tongues of flame it also is a symbol of Pentecost. Finally, the rays of light coming from the central dove form a cross. Thus we have a Creation window, a Baptism window, a Pentecost window and an Trinity window all in one.
- We are asking you to join the thousands of churches that have chosen Willet Hauser for for their stained glass. Working together we can create a work of stained glass art that will be uniquely yours, that will comfort the worshiper, and enhance the beautiful architecture of the church.