‘Gorgeous’ (The New York Times), ‘Luminous’ (The Wall Street Times)
‘Shocking’ (Williams & Byrne)
Now I know Pierre-Auguste Renoir was not a glass painter. All the same, I hope you never treat your brushes as Renoir is here shown treating his.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
I Spy Stained Glass
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Symbols:
Stained glass designers down the centuries have evolved symbolic methods for depicting key people or events. I am not thinking of those symbols which stained glass designers share with or borrow from artists who work in other media; I am specifically thinking of symbols which just occur within stained glass.
Now I do know how last week (August 15th) saw the Assumption (i.e. the Virgin Mary).
But here is the stained glass symbol which you can often find in English churches to represent the Ascension (Jesus). It’s intriguing. I hope you’ll have a look.
Skylights
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The visit:
The other week, I visited the mansion where our 16 stained glass skylights went. If you’ll imagine an English version of Neuschwanstein Castle, you won’t go wrong. The skylights shine down brightly as you walk across the dark, main gallery.
But I didn’t stop my work today to tell you about us and the work we do.
The point is always you and your mastery of techniques.
So I looked through our archive, and I found you two good videos from a while back, showing you the techniques we used to make these 16 skylights.
The Beastly Lion of Wolsey Towers
Episode #5
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Marking out the highlights
In previous episodes: undercoating, preparing the paint, tracing the outlines, and flooding (this fourth episode is password-protected: just sign up for the free email newsletter).
And now it’s time to prepare to make the highlights
In this 9-minute video, you’ll learn what you must do to make sure your highlights go exactly where you want them to.