Custom Stained Glass Design - Custom Family Name Panel
I've made Family Name panels since 2002 when I created a front porch hanging with my family name at the bottom.
Since then I've made a number of panels, some with family names, just first name (as shown on the right), or other symbols that the client wanted to display. Some use colors related to a countries flag or a college's colors.
There are three sections in the usual panel design:
The letters, usually 3" high capital letters and 1.75" lower case letters,
The area surrounding that surrounds the letters,
And finally an outer border, sometimes done using a color glass and other times bevels.
With the height of the letters a panel is usually just a little over 9" high. The length depends on the number of letters or symbols.
Below are photographs of some designs.
Top Row:
Left is a panel with an Irish Theme.
Center is a name panel done in the Naval Academy sports colors with two small pewter anchors on either side of the name.
Right is a panel with a slightly different Irish "feel".
Middle Row:
Left is panel with the Air Force symbol and two stars done with jewelry grade silver.
Center is a name panel with the letters done as close to the Crimson College color I could find.
Right is a Family name done in the colors of the Italian Flag.
Bottom Row:
Left is a Family name done with lots of color in the border area.
