The process of stained glass manufacture of tradition vision

Abstract

It's impossible to make a discussion about stained glass without bringing up the concepts of tradition. The manual process of stained glass manufacture is based on the knowledge transmitted from generation to generation, and this process has changed just a little until today. The overlaps of glasses colored or not in the plumb gutter define the production of stained glass and this manufacture process is a well-known process since the middle age. This kind of artisanal technique would not remain to date if there were no memory and tradition to use this practice. Such practice originates from the hierarchic relationship of masters and apprentices. Concentrating on the vision that the memory and tradition are fonts of a cultural and patrimonial identity, this work studied the historical, artisanal and technological process of stained glass manufacture and their close link with the tradition and the knowledge. We also reflected about innovation and continuity of the process of stained glass production.