Breaking the Wave
Luckily, when I first started in stained glass I happened across a studio that was connected with the America Association of Stained Glass. It is a great resource for information about places to buy supplies and learn about stained glass. The manager of the first studio I ever worked for, Kirk Weaver, really knew a lot. At the time, I didn't realize how much I was learning. I highly recommend taking Dick Millard's summer painting intensive in Antrim NH. I attended an advance painting class back in '96 and learned a ton in a short period of time. Nick Perrendo from Hunt Stained Glass in Pittsburgh does a summer workshop at St. Edmund's Enders Island in Mystic, CT and Peter McGrain has a summer workshop in Buffalo, NY. Both of these guys would also be great to study with.
To be totally honest, when I first started in 94 I had no experience painting on glass. I had just graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BFA and was interested in trying stained glass. I called every stained glass shop in Pittsburgh trying to get an interview. Every shop turned me down except for Pittsburgh Stained Glass. The cousin of the manger answered the phone by chance and thought that I was replying to an ad he had place in a student newspaper for a laborer. I never saw the ad but luckily the current designer/ painter, Jamie Sacrapointe needed help. She started with me from square one. After a while she left and now works for Willet Studios in Philly. After a while of being the designer there, I left to go on my own.
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