Crisarte S.L.

Stained glass

NAME:

Crisarte S.L.

ADDRESS:

C/ Párroco Antonio Gómez Villalobos,159 – 41006 Sevilla

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DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK

Business founded in 1965 and dedicated to the manufacture and restoration of leaded stained glass windows: geometrical, art nouveau and classical ones.

The process is completely artisanal. Once they are commissioned a certain job, they carry out a real-size scale drawing of the stained glass window. Then, they carry out the cutting of the different glass pieces which will shape the final piece and finally the processes of decoration – painting each piece by hand with grisailles – and firing in the electrical oven take place. Once the pieces are fired, the leading up of the stained glass windows starts, which are then welded with tin, cleaned, and finally caulked on both sides.

The tools which are used for the assembly of the pieces include: pliers, hammers, scrapers, tin, caulk, lead and glass.

APPRENTICESHIP

Antonio González del Pozo, founding member of the business and Artisan Master, gave his first steps in the craft as an apprentice at an age of only 14 in the stained glass workshop of Antonio Vallejo. Twenty years later, he founded his own business (Crisarte).

TEACHING

Due to the fact that it is an artisanal craft, all the employees once started as an apprentice within the company, and then ascended within their professional career as they advanced in their abilities. All the staff he has are permanent employees, many of them having retired from the business after over 45 years at the service of its needs.

SELECTED WORKS

Religious: the Cathedral of Seville, the Church of San Luis de los Franceses (Seville), the Convent of the Carmelitas Descalzos (Écija), the Hospital and Asylum of San Juan de Dios (Seville and Bormujos), the Priory Church of Santa María (Carmona), the Macarena Basilica (Seville), several Parish Churches; the Casa Natal de San Juan de Ávila (Almodóvar del Campo-Ciudad Real), the Chapel of El Rocío (Almonte), the Punta Europa Mosque (Algeciras), the Parish Church of Santa Brígida (Las Palmas de G.C.), the Parish Church of Nuestra Señora de la Merced (Sotogrande), the Parish Church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Fuengirola), the Parish Church of Santa María (Mérida), the Franciscan Friars (Lucena).

Town Councils of Seville, Algeciras, Almonte, Rota, San Roque and Ceuta; the Provincial Council of Granada, the Delegation of the Government in Ceuta, the Expo 92, Isla Mágica, the Real Maestranza de Caballería in Ronda, Zona franca de Cádiz, the Visitor’s Centre in Doñana, the Court of Justice in Málaga, the Andalusian Parliament, the Pavillion for Mexico, the Hotel Colón (Seville), the Hotel Inglaterra (Seville), Hotel Andalusi Park (Benacazón), Hotel Reina Cristina (Fregenal), Hotel Don Pablo (Torremolinos), Hotel Londres, (Seville), a Hotel in Agadir (Marruecos), Unicaja Bank Offices in Antequera and Cádiz, Bank of Spain.