Lucien Zayan, director of The Invisible Dog Art Center, offered us an exhibition, and we immediately began shaping the concept. William had been working on beaded glass panels, which, when illuminated, resembled stained-glass windows. Meanwhile, while traveling in Paris, I visited Sainte-Chapelle, where the glowing stained-glass space deeply inspired me. That experience led us to create Chapel—a show exploring light, reflection, and memory.

We thought about stained glass in our own lives, from a small window in our neighbor’s house (which, as kids, made us think they were rich!) to the narrow windows at Mary Queen of the Universe, our childhood school. These memories shaped a new body of drawings with structured red grids and color layers, evoking stained-glass patterns. This marked one of our first experiments incorporating paint into our drawings.

For the exhibition centerpiece, we created a confessional-inspired structure using fabric trimmings from The Invisible Dog. We stretched deep-red tones across wooden frames and added beaded glass doors and a peaked roof. Inside, a chair and bench provided space for quiet reflection. Above it, a chandelier made of transparent and opaque white tubular glass beads shimmered—a collaboration with The Corning Museum of Glass, marking ten years of working with them.

We also introduced the Seven Deadly Sins—a series of oversized glass bomb sculptures, each representing a sin. Another key piece was a set of beaded trees, human-scale sculptures woven from papier-mâché beads. Crawling nearby were three blown-glass ants, named Adam, Eve, and Original Sin.

A major innovation was a series of illuminated panels—our first experiment with LED-lit artworks. Since The Invisible Dog has little natural light, we created an internal glow, a modern interpretation of stained glass.

We also invited Anne Pearce, who had given us our first solo exhibition, to participate. She performed Confession of Rights, asking visitors to share a powerful moment in their lives. She transcribed their words onto cards, later returning them as personal artifacts.

Chapel became our first major California exhibition when it traveled to Irvine, where we expanded the concept and debuted the completed Holy Spirit panels. This project, rooted in memory and transformation, was a pivotal moment in our evolution as artists.