This is a special festival for us; Not just another vendor, we’re also neighbors, having lived in Charles Village for over 30 years.

Charles Village Festival 2010 website
Saturday, June 5 (11am – 9pm)
Sunday, June 6 (11am – 6pm)

Every year, the Baltimore Symphony Associates chooses a number of  designers to transform rooms in a Decorators’ Showhouse – a fundraiser for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Last year, you might have seen some of our decorative Iron Art inside the showhouse. This year, at the 34th Symphony Decorators’ Showhouse, SGO is proud to have a piece of our Stained Glass Overlay included in the redesign.

The first bedroom on the second floor, titled “Indulge Your Dreams,” was designed by Carol Weil, owner of CLWdesigns. She came to us with her ideas, fabric swatches and colors to create a piece that would stand out, yet fit naturally into her vision for the room. You can see her room,  our glass, and all the other designers’ work at the showhouse throughout May. Take a look for yourself, and help support a Baltimore cultural institution (see the showhouse website for hours and admission information).

The showhouse runs May 8-30, 2010.

• BSA Decorators’ Showhouse Website
• CLWdesigns Website

We suggest calling the studio before getting on the road to make sure we’re open. You can reach us at 410-308-1888. We’ll be checking voicemail and email daily.

Any deliveries or appointments will most likely be postponed until next week, unless we notify you personally. Thanks for your understanding, and stay warm!

Booth 456

(Visit our studio the week before the show to get a free admission ticket, while our limited supplies last.)

Baltimore Convention Center
Halls A, B, & C
One West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Friday, Jan. 29: 2pm – 9pm
Saturday, Jan 30: 10am – 9pm
Sunday, Jan 31: 10am – 5pm

Thanksgiving Holiday

• Thursday, November 26
• Friday, November 27 (except by appointment)

Christmas Holiday

• Thursday, December 24 (except by appointment)
• Friday, December 25

New Year’s Holiday

• Thursday, December 31 (except by appointment)
• Friday, January 1

1. SGO Email news

Occasionally we’ll release an email news, consolidating the biggest news and upcoming events. This is a low volume mailing, usually only a few messages per year. You can add your email to the mailing list using the Subscribe page. (Don’t worry – it’s just as easy to remove yourself.)

2. Twitter Feed

SGO Designer Glass of Baltimore now has a Twitter feed with headlines and links to stories here on our News page. With Twitter, it’s easy to follow our news right next to your other interests and friends.

3. RSS Feed

If you read your news and blogs using RSS feeds, then you probably already know we have one too. We’ll still take this opportunity to formally anounce it, though. Copy and paste the RSS link address into your favorite RSS reader, and receive automatic headline updates from SGO.

4. Facebook

Yes, we’ve joined the rest of the world on Facebook. We’ll be adding product shots and finished jobs to our Facebook page over time as we update this website. Become a fan, or leave a message for us there.

Available in a variety of colors and styles, these wood frames are custom cut and applied onto the mirror itself. They hide the exposed edge of the mirror, as well as any hardware holding it to the wall, including mirror clips. Best of all, you don’t even need to remove the mirror to apply the frame.

MirrorMate frames can be used to accent any mirror, no matter where it’s located. They even work on mirrors where there is little to no clearance between the glass and a cabinet, counter or wall. Great for remodeling multi-room commercial spaces, they’re equally suited to redecorating your home. In just minutes that old utilitarian mirror becomes a decorative highlight of the room.

See Products – MirrorMate Frames for more information.

They came to us wanting to create a stained glass window incorporating their logo design, name and Hebrew lettering against a frosted background. Located on the second floor, over their grand entryway, it would be the focal point of both the exterior facade and interior hallway.

This was a perfect job for the stained glass overlay process. The logo and lettering were to “float” inside the background, something impossible to do with traditional cut glass. That, combined rendering the logo with sign-like precision, required the detail and control of overlay. At the same time, the finished window is translucent, colorful and captures the feel of wispy art glass.

As part of the renovations in the church, his congregation wanted the stained glass restored. Nobody knew what the original glass looked like, so a fresh start was made with new design ideas.

The finished pieces are breathtaking, adding warmth and color to the sanctuary while blending seamlessly into the old architecture of the church. We’re so pleased to have helped Rev. Keyser and his congregation realize their plans to make the church a brighter and more inspirational place for worship.

We’re really excited here about our newest product, SGO LifeFilm. This  a unique process of permanently printing images onto a sheet of film, which is then securely bonded onto glass or acrylic. The result is a vivid, dimensional and textured image that has the strength and integrity of a solid piece of safety glass. Any high quality digital image can be printed: a photograph, painting, logo, even a stained glass image.

Affordable and visually striking, LifeFilm represents the perfect marriage of the classic and high-tech.  Now you can incorporate vacation photos into a stained glass window, or perfectly render a corporate logo for a backlit glass sign. Transform paintings into bright, glowing works of glass art. You can even use LifeFilm to economically duplicate a stained glass window onto multiple pieces of glass for fundraisers and raffles. The look can be sleek and modern, or rich and ornate, all depending on the images used.

SGO LifeFilm greatly opens up the possibilities of glasswork. It’s easy to clean and maintain, and gives you the freedom to explore any direction of design.

See Products – SGO LifeFilm for more information.