The Son of Glass and Light In the bustling streets of Ghent, a child was born into a world of color and light, the son of Jacob De Liemaker, a man who shaped beauty through the medium of glass. This lineage of craftsmanship flowed through the veins of Nicolas de Liemaker, shaping a young mind that would eventually turn from the transparency of glass to the heavy, dramatic textures of oil on canvas. While some suggest he may have learne…