Getting in touch
The shop runs on vouches, not listings.
The channery isn't open to walk-ins, and it isn't listed. The ledger only takes a new studio when one of the existing studios — or a conservator whose windows we've already leaded — sends a cartoon and a line.
If we've worked together
You already have the shop's direct line into the ledger. Send cartoons and profile specs through the channel we set up last time. I read correspondence on Mondays and Thursdays — often on the office floor with Mica leaning against my leg.
If you've been referred
Please ask the studio or conservator who referred you to make the introduction directly. It's not a formality — it lets me understand the project before the first message lands, and it keeps the referring studio in the loop on scheduling.
Capacity right now
Ledger drawn through spring. One or two slots usually open between the last January pour and the first apprentice-workshop week in April. Time-pressing matters — a leaking tracery, a panel on a museum deadline — say so up front; I'll tell you honestly whether I can help, usually by the following Monday.
Region
Based in the Upper Midwest, on a county road that has three names depending on who you ask. Most work ships within North America; occasional crates travel further when the project justifies it and when the customs paperwork for lead doesn't eat the schedule.
What to send with a first inquiry
Once an introduction has been made, the first useful packet is small: a photograph of the existing came in situ, a six-inch sample cut from a failed section if one is available, the profile dimensions you've measured, and the rough linear-foot count. I can usually respond with a mill window and a stick estimate within a week.
What not to send
No full panels, please. Don't ship anything irreplaceable — samples are enough. If a profile can't be measured cleanly, a good rubbing on tissue paper often tells me more than a caliper reading anyway.