Judith Schaechter has worked in stained glass for 35 years since graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in the USA. From her studio in Philadelphia she makes highly intricate and collectable exhibition pieces.
Judith's work in stained glass is internationally renowned and is represented in collections such as the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. She is the recipient of many grants and awards including the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and she has been inducted into the American Craft Council College of Fellows. Her stained glass has been widely exhibited, including at the Venice Biennale 2012, and has been written about extensively. Download her CV for a full resumé.
The imagery is predominantly drawn into layers of flashed glass that have been sandblasted, engraved and filed by hand with a diamond file. Only the black and yellow colours are painted and fired on. Up to five layers of glass are then plated together with copper-foil and soldered to create the final distinctive image. All of Judith’s work is shown in framed light-boxes.
