Minimalist art is generally characterized by precise, hard-edged, unitary geometric forms; rigid planes of color— personally mixed colors, or sometimes just a single color; nonhierarchical, mathematically regular compositions, often based on a grid; the reduction to pure self-referential form, emptied of all external references; and an anonymous surface appearance, without any gestural inflection.

Stained glass is used in homes, churches, and businesses to provide a centerpiece of the architecture and to enhance the living environment with screens of light and color.

Unlike machine made glass, genuine antique, mouth blown stained glass is characterized by vibrant colors with a crystaline quality one finds in precious stones. The manufacturing techniques of the glass that Mel uses have been around for five-hundred years.