Rob Merow from Calvary Fellowship in Downington, PA brings us this very cool, tall stained glass feature. (Originally posted September 2013)
The stained glass window was a white sheer sheet, with the black lines of stained glass masked out on the front with black electrical tape. On the back of the sheer sheet was a mosaic of old, used lighting gels in various colors. The whole thing was then suspended, and back-lit from an array of MEGAbar LED strips. When lit white, the window appears to be multi-colored. The LED bars can also produce more mono-chromatic effects when dialed into more saturated colors.
The white strips were just sheer fabric pulled in tension to create the forced-perspective feel of a cathedral.
Negating the cost of the lighting gels (which were used), this set cost only $50 in sheer and tape.
Love it! Great idea especially for churches looking for a low budget design. Thanks for posting.
We are planning on doing this for Easter – one on each side of our center screen. I love, love the look – probably because my hobby is working with real stained glass. Can you give me an idea of roughly how much electrical tape did it take? Thank you for the inspiration!!
I think we bought (2) 6-roll-packs of electrical tape from the hardware store.
Where did you find the sheer sheets that large? Innovative idea!
can u plse give a step by step tutorial on how u made it, want to do a replica for stage design am working on