Restoration Series
The Peace Window
The Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago houses numerous stained glass windows from the Arts and Crafts movement of 1880-1920. This short documentary follows the painstaking restoration process of one of those works of art; Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Peace Window." Filmed over the course of a year, the documentary focuses on a master conservator of stained-glass, Tom Venturella, as he and his partner, Jim Murphy, bring the window back to its original 1903 form.
Director//Editor//Cinematographer - Mark Loucks
Director of Photography//Colorist - Sean Ryan
Producer - Marisa Ruiz Loucks
Cinematographer - Alex Scully
Motion Graphics - David Bartin
Sound Design - Jonathan Anderson
Restoration Series Video One: Restoration needs and plans for Tiffany’s St. Paul Preaching at Athens
Join docents, Ann Belletire and Linda Miller as we tour the Tiffany window, St. Paul Preaching at Athens for plans of our next major restoration of a Tiffany window beginning in March 2021.
ABC 7 - Removal of the Tiffany St. Paul Preaching at Athens Stained Glass Window
From March 22 to 24th 2021, the team at Venturella Studio removed the Tiffany St. Paul Preaching at Athens stained glass window. ABC 7 news featured Friends of Historic Second Church and we would like to share the feature with you!
Venturella Studio & Wardell Art Glass Remove the St. Paul Preaching at Athens Window
This previously recorded video was a Facebook Live event on March 22nd 2021 while Venturella Studio's Jim and Wardell Art's John Clark removed the St. Paul Preaching at Athens Tiffany stained glass window. We ask the two men questions about the process of removing window, why plaster was over the part of the stained glass and many more restoration questions. Join us for some exciting explanations. For further information of the restoration process of the St. Paul window visit us at historicsecondchurch.org Photo Credit for background photo in thumbnail: Martin Cheung
Removal of the St. Paul Preaching at Athens Middle Glass Panel
This video is a continuation of the Facebook Live created on March 22nd 2021. This panel took approximately seven hours to remove from start to finish.
How to Remove a Very Large Stained Glass Window Panel
Watch as Jim Murphy from Venturella Studio and John Clark from Wardell Art Glass remove the very first central panel of Tiffany's St. Paul Preaching at Athens stained glass window.
Studio chat with tom venturella and jim murphy of venturella studio
Join us as we replay our live chat in studio on December 4, 2021 with Venturella Studio speaking on the latest of Tiffany's St. Paul Preaching in Athens restoration.
One Piece at a Time: Gluing an arts and crafts Masterpiece back together
Watch as Tom Venturella of Venturella Studio explains the process of gluing Tiffany stained glass pieces back together on a variety of shapes.
Local News Coverage on FOX32 and CBS2 of St. Paul Reinstallation
Tiffany's Mount of the Holy Cross Window Removal
Watch as Venturella Studio and Wardell Art Glass remove, Mount of the Holy Cross.
Restoration Updates on Tiffany's Mount of the Holy Cross
What's going on in September/October 2023 in Troy, New York at Venturella Studio!