Kiln-Fired Stained Glass Painting - Your Best Guide
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It is not every day you sit in a tycoon’s boardroom (nice Gothic-clawed chairs, by the way) and receive a challenge:
“The commission is yours if, within seven days, you can forge me two fine pieces of ancient-looking glass …”
The boardroom was littered with other makers’ samples – wallpaper, curtains, rugs, table-tops …
I could see the tycoon’s problem – I’m quick like that …
Frustrated with silver stain? Fed up with unpredictable and disappointing results?
There’s no need.
There is another way …
When anyone’s always been told to do something in a particular way, and then suddenly they think:
“But wait a moment, this doesn’t make sense!”
And they head off in a new direction and things work out for them there – well, the story’s interesting.
It’s interesting because it shows how all of us can think for ourselves, and also work together with like-minded souls, to do the kinds of things we’re meant to do …
Here’s a quick proof – if proof is needed – of how it’s possible to trace with silver stain.
And not just trace, but also shape your strokes, then gently blend them … [click to continue…]
To get a deep, pure golden colour, it’s also great when you know how to flood your silver stain directly into selected areas – with no messy clean-up afterwards …
Imagine the time you’ll save – not to mention the money - when you know how to mix a batch of stain which has this useful property …
Of course, when silver stain is mixed with water or vinegar, it just isn’t possible to shade it like you see in this photo here …
It’s also useful to know how to blend several kinds of stain together like you see in this photo here …
