“Much of my art has resulted from a passion to explore possibilities within the parameters of the stained/leaded glass craft.”

Larry Zgoda created original art in stained glass. For over thirty years he explored a collection of unique materials and original techniques with which he articulated his creative inclinations — beveled wire and flashed glasses, crown glass, and Clovis Glass, a treatment in which individual glass pieces are scalloped on the edge. With the availability of high-quality stained glass jewels inadequate, he imported 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, ornamental forged steel armatures entered his work for their archaic beauty. Today, he repurposed recycled hot-glass materials to expand his palette of colors and textures.

Monumentals are free-standing, architecturally inspired compositions in which Zgoda explored the potential for a new ornamental architectural vocabulary. The potential of these materials and techniques, focused by Zgoda’s energy and imagination, is immense.