About the Studio
Made of light, made by hand.
Pisces Glass Studio is the working home studio of stained glass artist Madison, Maddie to everyone who visits. From a bench in Randpark Ridge, Johannesburg, she builds bespoke commissions, repairs beloved panels, teaches weekly workshops and packs the GIY Box, all by hand.
The Studio
From a kitchen table to a working studio.
Pisces Glass Studio began in 2019 as a kitchen-table hobby: a cutter, a few sheets of glass and a growing pile of light-catchers. Today it is a working home studio in Randpark Ridge, filled with colour, tools and half-finished panels waiting for their moment in the sun.
Visits are by appointment only, which keeps the bench calm and the focus on the work. Every piece that leaves the studio is designed, cut, foiled and soldered by hand, one piece of glass at a time.
The Process
Five steps, all by hand.
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Design
Every piece starts as a sketch, drawn to scale and sized in MM.
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Cut
Each sheet is scored and cut by hand, following the pattern line.
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Foil / lead
Edges are wrapped in copper foil or set into lead came.
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Solder
Joints are soldered one by one until the panel holds together.
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Patina & polish
Finished in black, copper or silver patina, then polished.
Meet Madison
The maker behind the bench.
Maddie designs and builds every piece herself, and she teaches the way she works: slowly, patiently and by hand. Classes are kept small, never more than six people, and beginners are always welcome at the bench.
Her favourite part of the craft is the simplest one: holding a finished piece up to a window and watching it light up for the first time. That moment is what the whole studio is built around.
- Founded Est. 2019
- The Studio Randpark Ridge, Johannesburg
- Visits By appointment only
- Signature Kit Home of the GIY Box
What We Believe
Three rules at the bench.
Hand over machine
No moulds, no shortcuts. Every cut, foil line and solder joint is done by hand at the bench.
Light is the material
Glass is only half the piece. Each work is designed for the window it will live in and the light it will catch.
Made to last generations
Built the traditional way, so a panel made today can be repaired, re-leaded and loved decades from now.