Since 1984, Mandy has worked in stained glass, creating many commissioned windows and leaded panels and copper foil panels for private homes. Her background as a graphic artist help her design for this two-dimensional medium, which involves many art facets: designing, drawing, she loves to work with her hands. Her public commissions include sanctuary doors for Temple David in Monroeville and “The Spirit of the Fort,” a stained glass window depicting General John Forbes at Fort Ligonier. She also was an artist in residence for Latrobe Area High School, where she taught students how to design a panel, cut glass, lead up and solder a panel. Most recently, she has added “illumination” to her windows, a centuries-old technique of painting on glass with a special medium that is fired in a kiln to make it a permanent part of the glass. Her work has been included in several juried art exhibits, most recently Art Of The State at the State Museum in Harrisburg, PA. She also teaches stained glass workshops at Main Exhibit Gallery and Art Center, which she opened with her husband, Paul, in 1994.      

Michael Mangiafico is a glass artist and teacher living and working in Pittsburgh PA. He graduated with a BFA in glass art from Carnegie Mellon University in 1985, and has continued his education by attending as well as instructing glass art seminars across the US and abroad. In 1996 Michael built a glass studio FiG Studios- Forms in Glass. He creates sculptures and craft items from glass by blowing, casting, coldworking, and torch working. Michael’s forte is in making representation of delicate insect forms. FiG Studios has work in fine art galleries around the country.              

Stevo Sadvary, who grew up in Washington county and studied weaving and textiles at Edinboro University and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, has lived in Pittsburgh since 1989. And his creativity bubbles over into all sorts of other interesting areas, from painting to songwriting to web designing. Yet Stevo’s enduring fascination with tile and glass forms the real body of his work – and his success. He has completed numerous private mosaic commissions ranging from kitchen backsplashes, floors, showers, house number plaques, and fireplaces to pet portraits, schools, corporate lobby art, and commercial signage – in areas ranging from Puerto Rico to Florida and Maryland. Stevo’s spirited nature is also evident in his many public art pieces throughout the Pittsburgh area. www.stevosphere.com