light made solid

Stained glass news out of Harrodsburg, Kentucky:

Pearl Sexton began working in stained glass like many people, as a hobby. She started out making small panels, things like angels and suncatchers using the copper-foil method. Eventually a neighbor taught her how to do leaded glass techniques, and Sexton's work blossomed from there.

Today, one of Sexton's pieces stands proudly in the Carpenter's Christian Church of Harrodsburg. The work is a tremendous 8 foot by 5 foot leaded cross with over six hundred individual pieces of glass. The cross is even lit from within, thanks to the electrical help of a friend of Sexton's. The glass cross is the centerpiece of a new sanctuary building recently built on church property.