Check Out This Incredible Cardstock Stained Glass Art of Saria
Posted on June 06 2021 by Sean Gadus
Stained glass windows have always been fascinating to me. These glorious kaleidoscopes of color are often associated with important religious buildings, both real and fictional. In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, seven stained glass windows are seen in the Master Sword chamber beneath the sunken Hyrule Castle. These windows reverently depict the six Sages from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the monstrous final form of Ganon. Like most stained glass windows, the designs in The Wind Waker are stylized, which results in each window depicting a mythologized version of the sages that players knew more intimately Ocarina of Time.
This video by MiDankie’s Designs shows off an incredible cardstock stained glass window of Saria. The design, which requires the use of the Cricut Maker, looks incredible. The design uses various shades of green for the background around Saria, along with Saria’s clothes and hair. Saria herself looks extremely serene in the stained glass window. The Kokiri Emerald, which is the same symbol seen on the Deku Shield, hangs above Saria. The symbol is colored yellow to stand out against the sea of green around it.
One of the things I love most about the video is how it shows the impact of layers in design. The stained glass window is really just 14 layers of cardstock paper, and these layers are put together to complete the stained glass window. Each of the layers adds a subtle design detail that improves the window. Overall, I would love to see MiDankie’s Designs make each Sage’s stained glass window from The Wind Waker.
If you liked this design, MiDankie’s Designs also has a Link in the Water Temple design up on their YouTube channel. Currently, they are not selling any of these art pieces, but they hope to do so eventually.
What do you think of this layered stained glass art of Saria? Let us know in the comments below!
Source: MiDankie’s Designs
Sean Gadus is a Senior Editor at Zelda Dungeon. His first Zelda game was Ocarina of Time, and he loves all of the 3D Zelda games from 1998-2011. The final battle of Tears of the Kingdom is one of his favorite final battles in the entire series. He wants to help build a kinder, more compassionate world. You can check out his other written work at The-Artifice.com.
