ADFORT, Vidrieras y Restauración

Stained glass, Glass engraving

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Calle Mayor, 91 – 46511 Benifairó de les Valls

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DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK

ADFORT is a family business set up in 1986 with the document of Artisanal Qualification number 1254 issued by the Consellería d’Industria, Comerç i Turisme of the Generalitat Valenciana. Its activity is mainly focussed on the manipulation and decoration of glass and crystal using the techniques of sandblasting, acid etching, glass painting with enamels and grisailles (muffle furnace), leaded stained glass windows, Tiffany stained glass windows, casting and fusing.

They collaborate with construction managers to provide practical solutions and means to retrieve building elements for interventions, incorporating both traditional techniques and innovative products in this field.

Their workshop has a pneumatic installation and it is also equipped with punctual suction devices, machinery and tools for the transformation of any structure made out of steel or other adaptable metals used for the different glass elements. They also count with large capacity ovens both for two-dimension and three-dimension pieces, enabling the manufacture and treatment of artistic glass.

They also have a great amount of different types of glass which enables them to create different textures and colours in the muffle furnace with enamels and grisailles. They also have the necessary for them to be able to re-roll and to create their own personalized lead profiles. Moreover, they have a large area where they can control and study the effects of light thanks to a series of both vertical and horizontal light tables where they examine, study and take pictures of the stained glass windows.

APPRENTICESHIP

The staff of the business has been trained at the Escola D’Arts i Oficis in Valencia, the Escola D’Arts del Centre del Vidre in Barcelona and the Faculty of Fine Arts, specializing in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Goods, in the Universidad Politécnica of Valencia.

The best apprenticeship has come from the experience they have had in the many different interventions carried out in almost thirty years of work.

TEACHING

Teacher at the schools/workshops as a Trainer for Trainers qualified by the INEM and in courses on glass for the SARC/Provincial Council in Valencia and the Universidad Politécnica of Valencia, in Sagunto. In the workshop itself courses on glass are imparted aimed at professionals, teachers and students, among others.

SELECTED WORKS

Execution and Restoration of stained glass windows in the following buildings:

Church of San Gil Abad de Benifairó de les Valls, in Valencia
Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Lledó, in Castellón
Parish Church of San Esteban Protomártir, in Humanes, Guadalajara
“El Fadrí”, in Castellón
Church of la Merced, in Algar, Cartagena
Church of Gaibiel, in Castellón
Parish-Collegiate of San Bartolomé, in Valencia.
Church of el Salvador in Burriana, in Castellón
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Ascensión, in Vinaroz, Castellón
Palau de Cervelló, in Valencia
Church of El Salvador, in Valencia
Church of San Matéu, in Castellón
Carabona Tower, in Burriana, Castellón
Post Office headquarters, in Valencia
La Lonja, in Valencia
Church of Santa Ana de Quartell, in Valencia
Church of Los Santos Juanes in Faura, in Valencia
Parish Church of San Jaime, in Moncada, Valencia
Parish Church of la Saleta in Aldaya, in Valencia
Monastery of the Puig de Santa María, in Valencia
Chapel of the Sang de Sagunt, in Valencia
Chapel of La Vilafranca, in Castellón
Church of San Nicolás, in Valencia
Bishopric of Castellón
Church of San Juan de Massamagrell, in Valencia
Church of Santa Ana de Quartell, in Valencia
Church of the Holy Family in Ribarroja del Turia, in Valencia
Church of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, in Tuéjar, Valencia
Cathedral Basilica of La Santa Cruz y Santa Eulalia, in Barcelona
Algimia de la Baronía, in Valencia
Church of San Vicente Ferrer, in Castellón
Casa Museo in Cerdanyola del Valles, in Barcelona
Art nouveau building Ramón Ulle, Gran Vía de Barcelona
Bishopric of Madrid
Casa del Conde de Trenor, in Valencia