From the monthly archives:

February 2010

How to bring your Glass Paint back to Life

February 25, 2010 Stained glass painting techniques
How to remix dried paint

OK so you know how to make your lump of paint as you discover in Part 1 as well as in a 10-minute online video demonstration.
You’ve also found out the benefits of diluting it a little at a time to make the consistency and darkness of paint that you need for your next sequence of [...]

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Stained Glass Plating – Poor Craftsmanship or Not?

February 15, 2010 Stained glass design

“Plating” is the leading up of two or more glasses of the same shape, one behind the other.
Here’s what E. Liddall Armitage has to say on the matter:
“Some artists resort to plating and even tend to boast about it, but it is best avoided” (Stained Glass, Leonard Hill Books Limited, London, 1960, p. 130).

He presents [...]

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Stained Glass Painting with Oil – How many Layers can You paint in a single Firing?

February 5, 2010 Stained glass painting techniques

There is a mind-numbingly irritating consensus which insists that stained glass paint should be fired between successive layers. This silly idea is found in any number of so-called instructional books on stained glass painting techniques.
It’s wrong, of course. – And here’s a short wordless video which – ahem! – proves the point!

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