Tracery Panel Gallery

With soaring vaults and resplendent stained glass windows, Gothic architecture attempted to recreate a heavenly environment on earth. Elaborating on Romanesque styles, Gothic builders, beginning in the 12th century, further developed the use of flying buttresses and decorative tracery between stained glass windows thus creating interior spaces that dwarfed worshippers and dazzled their senses.

The innovations of Gothic architecture were premised on the ideas developed by Abbot Suger that earthly light contained divine light and that the physical edifice of the church needed to make this concept tangible. Revolutionary transformations of flying buttresses and groin vaulting allowed the inclusion of more stained glass windows in the church’s structure, thus transforming the everyday sunlight into a prism of colors that danced over the surfaces of the stone and reminded worshippers of God’s divine presence.

Most of the panels in this gallery are based on the gothic tracery designs of R.W. Billings (1815-1874).

Marianus

Marianus

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

12x12 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisDecember 21, 2022RW Billings, Gothic Tracery, Tracery Panel

Leofsige

Leofsige

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow Box, SOLDMichael HarrisDecember 21, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Panel

Selby

Selby

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisDecember 21, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Panel

Torcal

Torcal

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisDecember 21, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Panel

Barret

Barret

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisOctober 7, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, Tracery Panel, RW Billings, Gothic Tracery

Nevan

Nevan

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisOctober 7, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Upton

Upton

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisOctober 7, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Radclyffe

Radclyffe

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

12x12 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisOctober 7, 2022RW Billings, Gothic Tracery, Tracery Panel

Winslow

Winslow

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

12x12 Shadow Box, SOLDMichael HarrisOctober 7, 2022RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Kason

Kason

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

12x12 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisOctober 7, 2022RW Billings, 12x12, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Derren

Derren

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

12x12 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisAugust 22, 2022RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Norman

Norman

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

12x12 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisJuly 20, 2022RW Billings, Gothic Tracery, Tracery Panel

Auguste

Auguste

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

12x12 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisJuly 20, 2022RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Tyson

Tyson

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisJuly 20, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Peredur

Peredur

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow Box, SOLDMichael HarrisJuly 20, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Gilleasbaig

Gilleasbaig

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisJuly 20, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Ewen

Ewen

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisJuly 20, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Rupert

Rupert

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisJuly 20, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Aldric

Aldric

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisJuly 20, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, RW Billings, Tracery Panel, Gothic Tracery

Gundhram

Gundhram

Tracery Panel Paper Sculpture

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisJuly 20, 2022M7 Arts8x8, SBX, RW Billings, Gothic Tracery, Tracery Panel