Most people think of stained glass in terms of church windows and transparent glass, but as glass artists developed their craft they became interested in translucent and even opaque glass. Trivets, stepping stones and panels that are displayed without back-lighting make use of the surface color and texture of the glass. The panel shown here is nearly 16 feet square (four feet on each side) and was created in 2005 to honor an event in the life of my great-grand father, Joseph L. Heywood. In December of 1842 Joseph Smith cut a hole in the frozen Mississipi river near Nauvoo, Illinois for his baptism. It was exhibited at the LDS Museum of History and Art and Springville Museum of Art in 2006. I am planning other similar panels as a family legacy.