Art Glass: The Perfect Addition to Your Home Windows and Doors in State College

What is art glass? It is a decorative glass element that, in our modern world, can be perfectly customized to your taste, style, and home design dreams in Central Pennsylvania. It is a work of craftsmanship that adds character, elegance, and a personal touch to any home. At Keystone Door Solutions, we work exclusively with ProVia doors and windows, ensuring the highest quality materials and standards for every project. Provia offers innovation and technology to make sophisticated entrance doors and beautiful accent windows that are secure and long-lasting, ensuring the ultimate home statement and increased property value. 

The Keystone Difference: Custom Designs for Every Home

At Keystone, our process is centered around personalization and quality. Our customers are not limited to standard, pre-fabricated glass designs. Instead, you can select your color, style, and design. Whether you prefer a bold, clear glass for an eye-catching effect or a privacy glass that provides both beauty and functionality, the choice is yours.

After selecting the design that best suits your home and preferences, we move on to the production process. This is where art meets innovation, with every step carefully designed to ensure a flawless result.

Step-by-Step: The Art Glass Creation Process

1. Selecting the Base Glass

The first step is selecting the base glass. Depending on your needs and desired effect, you can choose between clear or privacy glass. Privacy glass is often used in bathrooms or entry doors, where a little more seclusion is required, but you still want a design that enhances the overall look of the space.

Once selected, the glass is carefully inspected to ensure it meets the high-quality standards set by ProVia and Keystone. Only the best materials are used to create your custom art glass.

2. Applying the Resin Bead

The next step involves outlining the design. This is where the resin bead comes in. Using a patented machine, a resin is applied to the glass, tracing the intricate details of the chosen design. This bead is essentially the "skeleton" of your design, creating the boundaries that will later be filled with color.

Precision is key in this step. Before proceeding, each curve, line, and detail must be perfect, as the resin bead sets the foundation for the entire piece.

3. Creating the Custom Colors

Once the resin bead has dried, it's time to bring the design to life with color. We don’t use pre-made colors — each hue is custom-mixed by an artist to complement your design perfectly. The colors are carefully blended using a highly accurate dispenser to achieve the desired tones.

4. Applying the Color Fill

At this stage, the art glass craftsman takes over. Using a template for reference, they meticulously apply the color fill to one side of the clear or privacy glass. This is where the design truly starts to come together. Each section is filled with care and attention to detail, ensuring the colors are vivid, consistent, and precisely as envisioned.

Once the color fill is applied, the glass is left to dry overnight. This ensures the paint sets properly and bonds with the glass for a long-lasting finish.

5. Curing Process

After drying overnight, the glass is placed vertically and left to cure for four days. This is an important part of the process because it allows the colors to settle and harden, ensuring they won’t fade or chip over time. During this curing period, the glass is carefully monitored to ensure the drying process is going as expected.

6. Final Inspection

Once the curing process is complete, each piece of art glass goes through a rigorous inspection to ensure it meets our high standards of quality and craftsmanship. Every detail, from the resin bead’s precision to the colors’ vibrancy, is checked before the glass is approved for installation.

At Keystone, we take pride in delivering only the best to our clients. This final inspection ensures that your custom art glass will be a stunning addition to your home, meeting your design vision and our craftsmanship standards.

Installation

Once your custom art glass is complete, it is ready to be installed. Whether you’ve chosen to add this elegant piece to a window frame, a door frame, or even a patio door, Keystone can install the glass in virtually any style or design. Our installation process is seamless, ensuring that the glass fits perfectly and enhances the look and feel of your home.

Why Choose Custom Art Glass?

So why should you choose custom art glass for your home? Here are just a few reasons why it's the perfect addition:

• Personalization: With custom art glass, you’re not limited to standard designs. You get to create a unique piece that reflects your style and taste.
• Versatility: Art glass can be installed in windows, doors, patio doors, and more. It’s a versatile design element that can enhance any room or entrance.
• Beauty and Functionality: Whether you choose clear or privacy glass, art glass provides a beautiful aesthetic while serving a functional purpose. Privacy glass, in particular, can add elegance to rooms where you want a little more seclusion.
• High Quality: By partnering with ProVia, we ensure that every piece of glass we install meets the highest standards of durability and craftsmanship.

ProVia + Keystone

At Keystone Door Solutions, we work exclusively with ProVia windows and doors because they meet the highest quality standards in the industry. ProVia products are known for their durability, craftsmanship, and energy efficiency, making them the perfect match for our custom art glass installations.

ProVia’s commitment to quality aligns with our values at Keystone. Together, we deliver a product that looks stunning and stands the test of time.

Whether you’re looking to enhance the beauty of your entryway with a custom-designed door or add a unique touch to your windows, art glass is the perfect way to elevate your home’s aesthetic. With the ability to choose your design, colors, and glass type, Keystone’s custom art glass is a truly personalized addition that will set your home apart.

Contact Keystone today to learn more about our custom art glass options and how we can help bring your design vision to life.