From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Stained Glass Shading and Matting

January 29, 2009 Stained glass painting techniques
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We get to hear a lot of questions about how to shade and matt stained glass. And please keep them coming! Anyway, here’s one from our regular postbag …

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The Broken Stained Glass Crest Part 1: D.O.A.

January 21, 2009 stained glass restoration
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The man’s voice was husky on the telephone:
“Williams & Byrne? The Williams & Byrne? I need your help! Now! Pronto!”
I opened my top drawer and reached deftly for my badger. During these days of extra-curricula financial mayhem, it doesn’t do to venture far without one.

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Stained Glass Paint

January 12, 2009 Stained glass paints
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We’ve tried tracing and matting paints from all over the world. But we always come back to Reusche. Their glass paints mix together to make the lump of glass paint that permits us to do the kind of glass painting we enjoy. (Other brands of paint collapse like slugs with salt on them or like [...]

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