The difference between a skylight and a laylight is a skylight function as a roof window, while a laylight is flush with the ceiling of an interior space.
This particular laylight was a substantial 54″x54″ in size.

Since I could control the lighting, I thought a summer nightfall theme with a moon passing over treetops would be interesting. I used dark blues from Lamberts Glass for the late evening sky and various shades of our flamed worked leaves for the tree tops. A simple lighting fixture supplied the moon effect.

Once again, I was faced with how to support the window without the interruption of reinforcing bars. Without reinforcing, the window would not even make it the hundred miles to its new home. I posted my dilemma on one of the stained glass chat rooms on Facebook. One person suggested tying wires from the topside of the laylight to points along the shaft walls above it. Great idea. I first used steel bars across the bordering steel, then attached wires to points throughout the top of the window for temporary support. After the window was in place, I moved each wire from its temporary position to a hook five to six feet up the shaft, then removed the temporary support bars.

I use the word I loosely here. It took four of us to complete this task.