September 03, 2007
Labor in Stained Glass
"Labor" is not a typical topic for stained glass. So, I will let Flickr do much of the work as I am attempting on this holiday weekend to 'non-labor'.
Flickr search for 'stained glass labor'
Stained Glass Window on Basque Labor History from Flickrite 'footage'
Vialia Estacion de Abando, Bilbao, Spain
and a closer shot -
What with recent events in China and Utah, it's important to acknowledge and show support for those who risk their lives in dangerous jobs such as mining.
from a Flickr page by 'Donut'
from a flickr page by 'Hoot'
Next, a Flickr search for 'stained glass worker'
Belfast Workers
from Flickr page by 'jackeeadio'
and then there are the Worker Monkeys - in The Cloisters.
via the Flickr page of 'elgatofantasma'
from the Flickr page of 'coloration'
National Cathedral - Joseph Reynolds
Flickr page by rhilton © Ronald Hilton
Text also from the Flickr page by rhilton
This is the third in a set of three windows created in honor of workers and laborers. In the upper left scene we can see a construction worker building the Cathedral. Directly below this is an image of the Ark of the Covenant. Below this is a depiction of Noah and the Great Flood.
In the middle lancet is Christ holding a carpenter's saw, with modern building and construction being represented below his feet.
The top of the right lancet is yet another depiction of the construction of the Cathedral. This one has a worker carving one of the pinnacles using an image on an easel to direct him. The two scenes below this subject is intended to be a representation of the building of King Solomon's temple.
Each panel has 36 AFL-CIO seals on their borders.
In the middle lancet is Christ holding a carpenter's saw, with modern building and construction being represented below his feet.
The top of the right lancet is yet another depiction of the construction of the Cathedral. This one has a worker carving one of the pinnacles using an image on an easel to direct him. The two scenes below this subject is intended to be a representation of the building of King Solomon's temple.
Each panel has 36 AFL-CIO seals on their borders.
Joseph Reynolds' pro-union support would make sense as he was a part of the studio of Francis, Reynolds & Rohnstock and that this studio (or so I heard from the Boston SG studio grapevine) was formed of workers who splintered off of the Connick Studios during a time when stained glass workers were trying to form a union in the Boston area and Connick's was resistant.