Sometimes you come back to the same image again and again. The nobler the ‘imago’, the richer the possibilities for inspiration.
There is a window from Notre Dame de Chartres we have copied a handful of times. Each time we remake it, we notice more in it, and are formed by the making of it into something stronger than what we were.
“In St. Joseph God has been pleased both to exalt nobility and to ennoble the labor of the artisan.” Edward Healy Thompson
Art is, according to the Scholastic definition, “the right making of things needing to be made.” St. Joseph has needed to be represented in glass by our patrons over the years a number of times. And we are glad.
There are many prefigurative types of St. Joseph to be found in medieval glass— the dream of Joseph at Bourges; Noah in Notre Dame de Paris; the nobility of the Old Testament in Canterbury and Chartres— but he himself is often depicted protecting his little Family on their way to Egypt, or resting at the Nativity, rather than in his own august right. Perhaps this is somewhat owing to the medieval masters’ love of telling stories.
With so many glorious titles given to St. Joseph in his litany, the noble artisan is a seemingly inexhaustible resource of hope and inspiration. 
St. Joseph "Rose" Window, Michigan - 20 years old this year!
The "dream of Old Joseph" is remembered in the New Joseph's celestial raiment. This prince of the household holds his divine foster-son, providing safety for Him who made the elements and the stars.
The lines of Joseph's face here are inspired by a wise & patient owl found in a medieval bestiary. So many of his titles can be seen in this window. He is the Terror of Demons & the Protector of the Holy Family. Can you make them out in the window of the Church?
St. Joseph, Defender of Christ & His Church - Texas, 2013