When people take a stained glass class with Kelly Holzer of Jordan, the artist and teacher behind Kick Ass Glass and More, they usually fret a little about the alleged fragility of their ...

Ellie Thompson makes a stained-glass mosaic at the Chicago Mosaic School in Edgewater. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share A little blood blotches the colored shards on the bench in front of Ellie Thompson.