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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Stained Glass in the “Financial Times” – It’s all happening Here (and not at Davos)

January 26, 2010 Stained glass painting techniques

Printed on light salmon – well, pink – paper, last Saturday’s “Financial Times” was most insistent on a picture of the silver stained acid-etched rose window that we made for Darley Anderson, the literary agent, a little time ago.
 
Ours is a small image. But it keeps illustrious company. Namely, the Fudomae apartment block in Tokyo.
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Stained Glass Painting Video Demos – Because it’s Always Better to Watch and Learn!

January 22, 2010 Announcements

We’ve just published 10 new stained glass video demonstrations.
Subscribers can watch these online videos as often as they want. They can also download them as MP4 files and watch them on a suitable device wherever they choose.

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Stained Glass Painting with Silver Stain – Why the Consensus (as so often) is Plain Wrong

January 7, 2010 Stained glass painting techniques

In which you will discover how to use silver stain to a most dramatic effect

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A Kiln Tray filled with Whiting

December 18, 2009 Stained glass painting tools

A colleague from Australia – wanting the smoothest possible surface for his kiln-fired painted stained glass – wrote and asked us how we prepared our trays …

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The Predictable Unpredictability of Silver Stain

December 8, 2009 Stained glass painting techniques
Silver stain

Nietzsche advocated living dangerously – once urging us to build our houses on the very slopes of fiery Mount Vesuvius. But it’s important not to go too far in this direction …

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