Visit the gallery to see examples of Sureyya and Mike’s windows

Sureyya and Mike Moschella have been collecting old windows of all sorts and sizes from all over New England for many years. They realized that instead of letting these vintage windows take a tough trip to the already overburdened landfills, they could save them from almost trash and recycle them into beautiful artistic treasures.

It’s not an easy process though.  After a lot of hard work goes into prep and repair work, Sureyya and Mike put their heads together, come up with a funky design, then ship the window off to the other side of their tiny apartment for painting. There, they use an array of rich, vibrant, transparent glass paints to create their one of a kind, wonderful art pieces on glass.  All of their work is hand painted, which is a very delicate and careful process that takes a lot of time and precision.

After the windows are painted, Mike pours a durable two-part resin over the glass to keep the paints from ever fading.  The resin also creates an amazing, crystal clear finish that not only looks great, but also encases any mirror shards, glass beads, or gems that he sometimes adds to the windows during the resin application.  In the end, the windows are beautifully painted with great surface texture.

When Sureyya and Mike first started out making windows, the majority of them were designed for kids. They sold them in high end children's shops in and around boston and also did a lot of commission work.  You will see many examples in the Animals and Sealife/Mermaids galleries.

Sureyya and Mike are now creating all kinds of windows for everyone. Many of their new pieces incorporate nice touches of mirror shards and glass bead work to create colorful, eye catching designs.  Check out the New/Available gallery to see some of their latest creations.

Sureyya and Mike are always experimenting with new things they can add to their windows and plan to branch out into music, nature, sports, pop art and anything else that puts the fun in funk! 

                                               Jazz Funk

Working with transparent glass paints not only allows Sureyya and Mike to create pretty cool window art— but also art with versatility—a very unique feature. There are 3 ways you can display the windows, all with different but equally good looks.

1). Hang a window on your wall.  Pre-installed hardware is on the back of all windows to make things easy. If your walls are painted a light color, pop a window right on and enjoy.  If your walls are painted a dark color, no problem, Mike will attach a piece of white backing to the window to bring all of the window’s colors out.  In either case, you have a very colorful, stylish piece of wall art. (See photo)

2). Hang a window in front of an existing window in your home, office, or wherever else you may have windows.  The natural sunlight shining through the window creates a spectacular show of changing colors throughout the day.  From sunrise to sunset, the windows vibrant colors are quite impressive.  (See photo)

Two very sturdy screw eyes are pre-installed into the wood on top of all windows.  And two screw hooks that the window will hang from are also provided. The windows are pretty easy to hang, and very easy to take off if you want to move them around in your home. (See photo)

3).  Lean a window against an existing window.  Enjoy the same fabulous color display as above, with no hanging needed.  Just lean it. (See photo)

However you decide to display one of the windows, you always have at least a few options you can experiment with.   Here are a few other neat window ideas that you can do, or Mike and Sureyya can do for you.

• Hang a window in front of a skylight
• Hang a window in front of a window for privacy  (See photo)
• Turn a window into a small table
• Add a light feature to a window that you want to hang on a wall.  A rope light is installed on the backside of your window along with a piece of white backing.  All you have to do is plug it in at night and enjoy a very unique and colorful window light box. (See photo) 

All of these ideas are pretty inventive.  Just goes to show, one of Sureyya and Mike’s windows can open up a lot of new doors.