The Wheeler Art Blog: Faux Stained Glass

This is the first year I am doing an art history class here at Wheeler (and here's the awesome website I created for the course). It's a great class because it's a unique group: those who like art AND like talking about history. We do a lot of looking at and discussion images and events from history, creating art in the style of the movement we're studying, and.... cooking up feasts that relate to our topic of study. It's fun!

The first time period/movement we studied was medieval art in Europe (specifically Italy). Besides doing a presentation on a medieval artist of their choice, students were also required to complete an art project. Because stained glass was such a prolific art form in the middle ages, we decided to create faux stained glass pieces using a product called Gallery Glass. Below you can see the process, products, and pictures from our medieval feast day.

And in case you are interested in what we cooked.... Here is the recipe for medieval waffres, or "waffles"... except, they're made with about a billion eggs, ginger, and... cheese. But with chocolate chips, syrup, and whipped cream, they were pretty good!