The magic aura of stained glass

EXQUISITE STAINED-GLASS creations echoing classic imagery from Eastern and Western art will be on view and on sale starting this weekend at Chiang Mai’s Sangdee Gallery.
Canadian expatriate Stephen Jepson, 59, now a resident of the northern province, believes himself to be Thailand’s only artisan specifically and professionally trained in stained glass. There are several prominent Thais working in the rarefied field, and last month’s Bangkok exhibition of works by the Italian Galileo Chini, who had such influence here in the 1930s, included stained glass.
Her Majesty the Queen’s Support Foundation also counts in stained glass among the craftsmanship it protects and preserves, and yet it remains a form not yet fully as appreciated here as in the West and in Japan. Thanks to its decorative appeal while enhancing a room’s illumination, however, it has caught on with Thai home-d