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Robert
McCausland Limited of Toronto, Ontario, the oldest stained
glass studio in North America, created and installed the
sixty-four panes in the fourteen three-storey windows set
high in the chapel walls. James Ramsden designed the windows;
Edward Law painted them, and
Albert Thompson did the cutting. Fr. Prieur suspects that
Fr. Dennis O’Connor, the second rector (1913-1930),
assisted the McCausland team
with the skilfully orchestrated plan of the nave windows.
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Photographers
Chris Bannister,
Harry Kiewer, Neil Pfaff
of Beta Photos |
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In late February, 2000, Chris
and Harry clambered up a
thirty-foot high scaffold for two
weeks, coordinated by Neil
from the chapel floor. Using a
Linhof 4x5 view camera, they
photographed each window
and pane, producing magnificent
transparencies. They lit the
chapel interior to balance the
brilliant light coming through
the windows so the pictures
would show the window settings
and not just the scenes
out of context.
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With his
keen eye for good typography and for designs
that work from the reader’s
perspective, Brian developed
a contemporary design with
touches of medieval flourish
that organized the many elements
into a satisfying whole.
A full-service graphic designer,
Brian coordinated the printing,
and he even persuaded Fr.
Prieur to write reflections for
the biblical windows for those
he had done for the windows
in the nave.
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A non-fiction editor, Krysia
helps writers express their
ideas clearly and make information
clear and relevant. Her
insights on effective writing
and into Christianity and her
attention to detail helped the
author to bring the scenes
in the windows to life. Her
perceptive questions enabled
him to further focus the book
and her research provided important
details. She also works
with writers to improve style
and reduce verbal clutter.
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It was about answers to
three
key questions: 1) How can the
window images of different
sizes work best with their texts
of different lengths in both
pages and sections? 2) Which
transparency, among those
taken of each window, has the
best lighting, colour, sharpness,
detail, modeling and
framing for reproduction? 3)
Following pre-press, does the
proof print predict sufficiently
high quality image reproduction
in the book?
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