Every handcrafted stained-glass window is created with precision and love.
The unique stained-glass designs are professionally hand-drawn to enhance your home, office, or meditation space.
The unique stained-glass designs are professionally hand-drawn to enhance your home, office, or meditation space.

Born and raised in Sicily. The first vivid memory of my childhood is making mandalas with mandarins at age 4. In my teen-ager time I explored chiaroscuro using pencils, charcoal and ink. In my 30s I was living in Germany when my mother Lucia D'Aquino pointed out a stained-glass shop in my neighborhood. At that time, I was studying languages at the University of Saarbruecken, and I was already working as an Interpret for the VW factory in Kaiserslautern. She asked me to take a class and teach her how to work with glass. And so I did. While she thought it was too hard for her, for me it was a call back to my soul journey.

In 2000 I was visiting my brother in Felton, California, and things fell into place as if they were meant to be: he fulfilled his dream of opening a Mediterranean restaurant just down the road from his home, while I was able to support him and cultivate my passion for stained-glass art. In 2014 I had the honor and privilege to restore the Butterfly Doors created in the 70s, which was also the main entrance of our restaurant named "La Bruschetta".

Being an artist has been a devotional commitment toward my Heart and Soul to heal the wounds of growing up, and towards those who feel impelled to experience art in a mystical way. Art has been giving me more than just the opportunity to express my love for the world, it has offered me the best Medium to combine sunlight, sensational colors and mysticism all in one. Today being an artist feels like being on service.
My themes for designs touch many fields and cultures.
One of my favorite things to do nowadays is to co-create with my customers, allowing them to express visions and ideas to unlock their imagination, and to choose glass at my studio in Santa Cruz while I keep them involved throughout the process by sharing pictures.
Please reach us at aldinachiararubino@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Originally from Syracuse, Sicily, Artist Aldina Rubino has been specializing in stained-glass artistry for the last 30 years, and she brings in action all her talent and skills in interpreting the ideas and intentions of her customers into suggestive images. She allows her customer to participate in the realisation of the design, and in the choice of glass, if desired. She is eager to complete her projects at a fast paste without giving up to details.
Artist Aldina Rubino grew up in Ortigia, surrounded by Greek temples, practising her Chiaro-Scuro technique. She has portrayed several images from ancient cultures, mostly moved by her interest in symbology, and admiration for details and artistry.
Aldina updates her website on a regular basis.
There are 2 different techniques stained-glass can be built with: copper foiled or leaded glass. Both have been used for main doors, or to beautify outside areas. Sometimes customers feel safer by adding clear tempered glass in front of the art piece. It is all possible and can be planned ahead of time. Aldina offers free art consultations.
Stained-Glass windows and doors can be cleaned periodically by using a soft brush, or a window cleaner and a soft rag. When the glass shows thick layers of dirt from years of outside exposure a soft steel wool 000 can be used, as well.
Certainly, stained-glass windows and doors increase the beauty and the value of each house. It can be a classical style enriched by beveled glass clusters, and classical designs, or a contemporary, more modern and representative style with details and variety of colorful stained-glass!
Depending on the style, design and type of glass used, (stained-glass price varies from $30 to $150 square foot), after the design has been approved by her customer, Aldina takes also in consideration the amount of windows she is commissioned to built, and she might give a generous discount to larger commissions as a sign of gratitude for the opportunity to create for the same customer for an extended timeframe. So, her prices for stained-glass art begin from $450 to $1000 square foot.
Privacy Windows Screens can add value and beaurty to the ambience, while satisfying the need for privacy.
Aldina's Forte is repairing and restoring antique stained-glass art. An antique restored stained-glass art piece acquires an extraordinary value.
Custom window made for a family on Seaside featuring the Sicilian flag colors and the Medusa with the 3 legs, that symbolize the 3 coasts of Sicily.
This window has been installed in the inside of the existing window.
Self-Portrait image created using AI.
The image has been then turned into a stained-glass design!
Restructured, repaired, and re-designed.
#repairandrestoration #restructuredart
From a picture of a Japanese Sea-Star Eagle
In honor of the redwood trees, this large window is installed close to a National Park protecting the Sequoias in Felton, California, right at the crossroad between Hwy9 and Graham Hill,
at the old Felton Outpost
These Lotus Flowers are always made with the most special glass.
You may also pick your favorite color! $100 each, 2 for $150. What a deal!
Check out this great video of a lampshade transformation
Egyptian Symbology
This project has been a profound inspiration about the existence of a Cosmic Sun. The design was initially going to portrait only the central image. Later on, the addition of the 2 pillars seemed very natural and spontaneous. It's displayed in Santa Cruz, at Desert Dream Dance Studio, 1515 Soquel Avenue, together with the portrait of Ma'at. A Must-See!
This door has been built in the 70's, probably around the time I was born.
It so happened to land in Felton in the year 2000. Only 14 years later the owners of the building asked me to remake the wings. I took a print of the original design, and saved the yellow glass, replacing all the other dark pieces with bright colors, to evoke the Monarch Butterflies which gather around the Santa Cruz area every year.
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Feel free to send pictures of images to include in your design and measurements of the area to install your handcrafted stained-glass windows or doors.
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