J. Raúl Santana Herranz

DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK

He is dedicated to the rehabilitation and new construction of all types of stained glass windows, both following traditional patterns and more innovative ones. He has carried out many works for religious centres, institutional centres and also private ones both at a national and international scale. 

He carries out stained glass windows following different techniques such as leaded stained glass, the Tiffany technique, and canutillo de hojadelata (a technique which is classified as rare due to its lack of usage and difficulty). Furthermore, the glass he works with may be coloured or painted using grisailles, enamels (at high or low temperatures) and silver stain. The blown glass works should also be highlighted. 

He uses traditional tools, and the lead they use in the workshop is manufactured by themselves, taking into consideration the design and the needs of each particular piece. 

He always works using traditional techniques. The improvements to these are just merely based on protection and security, using materials whose impact is smaller. This way, the security rods are substituted for others that don’t undergo the process of oxidation, which can decolour the glass. It is also worth mentioning that none of the works are finished using cement because of its highly destructive power when it comes to glass oxides. Therefore, instead, they use synthetic materials with more neutral components. They also install security screens whose ventilation has to be individually studied in depth to ensure that humidity does not damage the stained glass windows.