The Sandwich Glass Museum is very pleased to start the Holiday Season with a stellar exhibit entitled: A Stained Glass Village - From the Collection of Annelise and Tom Nelson,  featuring numerous individual stained glass houses and churches augmented with hand-made glass trees and animals.  The term "stained glass" generally refers to the process of combining various shades of already colored glass, which are held together with (traditionally) by strips of lead supported by a rigid frame.  The stained-glass houses, made by both American and European artists, may have taken upwards of 20 hours to complete. Many of the glass animals and trees featured in the exhibit were made by a technique called torchwork or flamework.  Using an open flame and glass rods, a glassmaker would melt glass rods over the flame, then manipulate the rods to form the various trees and reindeer.  We are greatful to Annelise and Tom Nelson for the opportunity to share this magical and enchanting collection throught the holiday season.