Contemporary transom window
Lincolnshire, IL
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Entryway glass depicting Pikes Peak, Colorado, and grapes.
Using opalescent glass, copper-foil and
solder (stained glass).
Designed and fabricated by Bill Griffith and Dottie Korff. |
Entryway
Tiffin, IA
Bill Griffith poses in front of an entryway leaded glass he created for a chalet style home
(ten years ago).
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Dining room buffet door with transom windows in background
Gurnee, IL
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Coffee cabinet beveled/leaded glass
Gurnee, IL
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Kitchen Bar leaded glass
Gurnee, IL
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Stained glass around hot tub
Springfield, IL
with etching of Venus Di Milo, .
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Victorian panels
Lake Forest, IL
Two Victorian leaded glass panels placed in front of double hung windows. The colors were selected by the Lake Forest, IL, customer.
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Family room
North Liberty, IA
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Detail of family room
North Liberty, IA
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Library bench window and entryway below
Burr Ridge, IL
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Clear and beveled glass contemporary entryway
Cedar Rapids, IA.
This entryway has a lot of foliage outside which makes the glass look green.
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Beveled glass mirror with gold leaf
3 ft. x 7 ft.
Cedar Rapids, IA
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Textured Glass Window
20 in. x 32 in.
Lake Forest, IL
Classical clear glass texture and beveled glass
with brass came are used in a bathroom window.
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Transom leaded glass window
Lake Forest, IL
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Tryptich
Residential Entryway
20 in. x 68 in. each panel
Selective cutting of multiple opalescent glasses in this nature design is reminiscent of Louis Tiffany and John La Farge's innovation of the copper-foil technique.
Design & glass selection: Bill Griffith
Fabrication: Dottie Korff
Photo: Bill Griffith |
Diamond arc window
24 in. x 42 in.
Wilmette, IL
Beveled glass pieces including the perimeter. This is a transom window for a home.
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Leaded Glass Wreath
42 in. x 45 in.
North Barrington, IL
Take a close look at the intricate work and techniques used in this colorless wreath Bill created for a home in North Barrington, IL. There are 3-dimensional flowers formed in the kiln, small hand-beveled pieces, jewels, and one-inch-thick chunks among the many textured glasses.
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Geometric/organic automaus window panel
32 in. x 20 in.
Leaded glass windows such as this may be hung in almost any window because hooks are soldered on the corners. Bill takes pleasure in designing geometric structures that are "broken up" by organic elements, such as this one.
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3-Dimensional American Flag
14 ft x 3.5 ft
This client requested Bill design an American flag in an Iowa cornfield. The result is composed of rolled pieces of large fused glass formed in the kiln.
Design and fabrication: Bill Griffith
Photo by Mark Tade |
Prairie style beveled glass and
clear textured glass door
20 in. x 68 in.
Cedar Rapids, IA
Colorless glass allows the outside colors in while distorting the view to allow privacy in this Cedar Rapids, IA home.
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Door Panel
12in. x 36 in. each panel
Cedar Rapids, IA
This is one of Bill's fused and leaded glass door panels he created for a contractor in Cedar Rapids, IA.
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Wright reminiscent
Fort Sheridan, IL
Bill takes pride in his original designs, though this client in Fort Sheridan, IL, wanted the window to remind them of the Frank Lloyd Wright's work. Bill made some modifications to one of Wright's designs.
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Beveled glass window
Cedar Rapids, IA
Clear leaded-beveled glass, which casts green light because of the foliage outside. This residence in Cedar Rapids, IA, is home to some 60 leaded glass panels made at the Shagbark studio.
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