Spectrum Art Glass

I mostly use stained glass from one of American's major art glass producers, Spectrum Glass from Woodinville, WA. In 2018 the Spectrum Corp. was purchased by the Oceanside Glass & Tile of Carlsbad, CA. Most but not all of the Spectrum glass line is being manufactured by Oceanside.

I am particularly partial to their trademark cathedral glass named Waterglass ® and the rimey glass named Baroque®.

To quote from the Spectrum product catalog

"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."
While Baroque ® has a bold random swirl pattern created by hand pouring a second layer of glass onto the hot glass sheet while it is still in a pliable state. As it is hand poured, the pattern created is unique to each sheet.

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

Go to the Spectrum Glass Product List page, via the link below.
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.
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 Oceanside Glass Product List link page shows the Spectrum replacement glass items.

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:

Sea Green/Deep Olive
Pale Green/Aqua Blue
Steel Blue/Sky Blue
Ruby Red/Amber

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

Spectrum Waterglass ® samples

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

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