Spectrum Art Glass

I mostly use stained glass from one of American's major art glass producers, Spectrum Glass from Woodinville, WA. I am particularly partial to their trademark cathedral glass named Spectrum Waterglass ®. To quote from their product catalog "Spectrum Waterglass ® is a natural surface texture created by stretching the hot glass sheet while it is still in a pliable state. The result is gentle, rolling waves that resemble the surface of a lake or stream. The stretching process also renders a highly pristine surface and a slightly narrower sheet."

If you want to look at color samples of Spectrum Glass on their company site follow the instructions below:

  1. Go to the Spectrum Glass Product List page, via the link below.
  2. At the top of the Product List page is a two-column selection list. The left column is glass by color, like Amber. The right column is glass by type, like Waterglass ®. Each glass is listed in both sections.
  3. After making a color or type selection, see a specific product's description and image by clicking on the product number of the glass, like 151W for Cherry Red Waterglass®.

The Spectrum Glass Product List link page

Spectrum offers over 35 colors in the Waterglass ® texture line. Blues and Greens have the most shades. The blues are: Pale, Light, Medium, Cobalt, Sky, Steel, Navy, and a mix Sky Blue/Deep Steel. The greens are: Light, Medium, Emerald, Teal, Sea, and Hunter. They also offer a number of two color mixtures with a Waterglass ® texture including the color combinations:

I have used the Ruby Red / Amber mix in a number of my Celtic creations.

Below are six examples showing reduced images downloaded from the Spectrum Waterglass ® website:

Spectrum Waterglass ® samples

Spectrum Number Color Description Color Sample
110.2W Pale Amber Spectrum Pale Amber
110.8W Medium Amber Spectrum Medium Amber
132W Light Blue Spectrum Light Blue
134W Medium Blue Spectrum Medium Blue
152W Ruby Red Spectrum Ruby Red
523-2W Teal Green Spectrum Teal Green

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