Bene Award

Interior Blessed Sacrament Chapel Doors

Resurrection Catholic Church, Miramar Beach, FL
www.rcc-destin.org
Artist-Designer / Studio: Patricia Olivier / Olivier Designs
Fabricators: Patricia Olivier & husband
LaRocca Architectural Millwork, Inc.
Photographer: Leslie Hathorn

This "Circle of Life" doors-and-overdoor design uses seven textures of clear art glass, following the requirement that the glass have no color nor transparency. Doors are 24" W x 72" H. Glass is set into doors newly constructed of maple wood. The overdoor panel is 22 1/2" H x 72" W+B15. The church is mostly glass and straight lines, so this design incorporates straight lines softened by circles. There are seven glass textures reflecting the seven sacraments.  The glass materials are of seven styles, Rain, Baroque, Chord, Water glass, Glue chip, Granite and Ice Crystal. The came is reinforced zinc/lead, 5/32" for straight lines and 1/4" for circular areas. The glass panels are covered on both sides with tempered glass.

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