Figurehead Glass

Color your World

Welcome to Figurehead Glass

My name is Sarah Hamilton-Parker, and I have been working in stained glass professionally for 8 years. My business is located in Dover, New Hampshire, where I take pride in handcrafting colorful and interesting stained glass windows. This site is dedicated mostly to my work in stained glass and fusing, but also contains a watercolor gallery of works for sale. Please enjoy the galleries and feel free to contact me through the Contact page on the sidebar. Below is a short biography and gallery list with links.

I began at home, watching my mother, Melanie Hamilton, otherwise known as Hamilton Glass, work in her home studio, making windows. I was fascinated by the molten river that was solder, gliding onto the foil, and struck by the colors and light from the windows when they were finished. Our house, through her efforts and hard work, has always been filled with these gems, but I did not notice them in that capacity until much later.

I started out in college at the University of Maine at Machias, as a Marine Biology major, but was quickly awakened to the fact that I did not like being cold, wet, and seasick. So I started taking "fun" classes: Voice, Acting, and Art. Then I realized that was where my path went, so I transferred to what was then Franklin Pierce College, and started focusing in Fine Art.

I studied Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, Glassblowing, Oriental Brush Painting, Photography, Sculpture, and Stained Glass. I quickly became a Teacher's Assistant to William Jenisch, the professor of Photo and Stained Glass. I worked for three years, graduated Magna Cum Laude, and then went to work for Martha's Vineyard Glassworks as an Assistant Gallery Manager. At that time I also was fortunate enough to take a glass painting course with the famous glass painter, Richard Millard. After that, I left for Italy.

In Siena, Italy, at a studio called Vetrate Artistiche Toscane, I studied more glass techniques, refined my skills, and when I returned home, was offered a job as the Adjunct Faculty for Stained Glass. I taught there for three years, with students in Stained Glass 1-4, and many independent studies in areas of fusing, copper foil, leading, painting, and casting. After teaching I moved back to my mother's house, while waiting to buy a new one.

Since then, I have moved into my new house with my boyfriend Brian Gennaco, and am starting to make new pieces for the galleries. And then, hopefully will follow the moving of my kiln from my old studio...I just can't wait for that!

Thank you for visiting my site, please look for my work at:

The White Mountain Artisan's Gallery:
http://www.whitemountainartisansgallery.com

The Sharon Arts Center: http://www.sharonarts.org 

Sarah Hamilton-Parker