Welcome to Larry Zgoda Studio

Larry Zgoda creates original art in stained glass. “Much of my art has resulted from a passion to explore possibilities within the parameters of the stained/leaded glass craft”. This exploration has led to many conceptual and technical breakthroughs. For over thirty years, Zgoda has explored a collection of unique materials and original techniques with which he articulates his creative inclinations. These include: beveled wire and flashed glasses, crown glass, and Clovis Glass, a treatment in which the individual glass pieces have are scalloped on the edge. With the availability of high quality stained glass jewels inadequate, he imports cut-polished, faceted crystals for his exclusive use. As early as 1980, he pioneered experimental works with little or no color – Stainless Glass. In 1993, he began creating architecturally inspired, stained glass sculptures called Architonomous Art Glass. In 2000, the new millennium found ornamental, forged steel (wrought iron) armatures being used for their archaic beauty. Today, he repurposes recycled hot-glass materials to expand his pallet of colors and textures. Monumentals are free-standing, architecturally inspired compositions in which Zgoda explores the potential for a new, ornamental, architectural vocabulary. The potential of these materials and techniques, focused by Zgoda’s energy and imagination, is immense!