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Bellingham artist looks for the light

Leslie Mason is swept away by stained glass

Three of Leslie Mason's stained glass pieces hang around her in the dining room of her home as she sits in the middle.
Three of Leslie Mason's stained glass pieces hang around her in the dining room of her Bellingham home. Many of her public works can be seen at Christ Episcopal Church in Blaine. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
By Margaret Bikman CDN Contributor
The first time stained glass artist Leslie Mason walked into Christ Episcopal Church in Blaine, she thought “How can I keep going here? The windows are hideous! Purple and green diamond shapes with heavy lead and a lime-green border!” “It was like being in prison,” she said.  But, she noted, the church organist, Carl Bradley, found out she was a glass artist, and she was soon commissioned to re-lead all the old windows. “My goal from the beginning was to actually replace

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