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A Cape Breton artist has found her passion by selling custom stained glass art online.

Paula Camus began her creative journey more than two decades ago as an oil painter, but said she was always drawn to stained glass art.

“It was something that nobody around here was doing and I loved the bright colors and just the look of the light shining through the stained glass,” said Camus.

Camus is the creator of La Brise Stained Glass Studio in Chéticamp, NS, where he makes intricate stained glass art pieces.

While the pieces she makes now look seamless to them, Camus said it wasn’t always easy.

“The sauntering was a bit, I guess, not smooth at first but I’ve improved a lot in over 20 years,” he said.

Paula Camus works on a stained glass piece in her studio. (CTV/Darryl Reeves) Camus likes to focus on smaller scale projects like earrings, sun catchers, and wall hangings, but each project can take several hours to create.

“Time usually depends on the complexity of the piece; however it usually takes a couple of hours from start to finish on a normal piece,” he said.

Some of Camus’ pieces are sitting on a desk. (CTV/Darryl Reeves) Camus says using social media is a big part of expanding the reach of La Brise Stained Glass Studio.

“Social media really opened the doors to overseas business, with that I got several orders all over North America and even overseas, these days that’s pretty much how I do business in any form , through social media and the website,” he said. .

While she takes orders for custom pieces, Camus says she likes when someone gives her the creative freedom, and that she likes to have most of her inspiration from her surroundings.

“I always like the client to say to me, ‘I trust your vision, I trust your work, can you do something like this for me,’ and let me go for it,” he said. .

With files from Darryl Reeves on CTV.

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