Ictus is the Greek word for Fish and was an early Christian code word for Christ, when the early Church was still illegal in the Roman empire and many Christians were being executed.
While other studios set the heavy dalle in cement matrix, filling the gaps to the glass surface, the Raults insisted on using lead cames, allowing the faceted edges to reveal their full depth, and to refract the maximum amount of light possible. Tiny bubbles appear in the hand-crafted glass.
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