by Stephen Byrne on June 1, 2010
A colleague from the Netherlands asks us something really useful:
“As a novice, I have a burning question.
Say I experiment with your technique: so I paint an undercoat and then copy-trace the main lines from the design.
Now what if I make a mistake during tracing. What is the best procedure for correcting this mistake without ruining the work I’ve already done?”
This is such an excellent question, we’ll approach the answer from several different directions.
First, though, let’s step back a bit and give some context to the question. [click to continue…]
by Stephen Byrne on May 28, 2010
Continuing our short series on how we glass painters can sometimes escape – or do I mean, disguise? – the leaden bonds which hold us.
As always there’s a catch.
It’s only for those wise subscribers to our most excellently acclaimed free e-mail newsletter.
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Mephistopheles Stephen
by David Williams on May 21, 2010
Ah ha! But only for subscribers to the newsletter.
There’s even a free and exclusive 15-minute video demonstration on using solder and patina to decorate and strengthen the lead. [click to continue…]
by Stephen Byrne on May 14, 2010
"Where did I come from?"
How does a stained glass design evolve?
With a precedent, that’s for sure.
All the same, it’s important to know when to stop … [click to continue…]
by David Williams on May 6, 2010
As a visual prompt to questions you might want to ask, we’ve now added a gallery of some recent stained glass painting.
To see the gallery, just click here.
by Stephen Byrne on April 21, 2010
Someone might wonder:
“Ceramic paints are cheaper than stained glass paints. They also come in many different colours.
So is it possible to paint stained glass with ceramic paints, rather than the proprietary ones?”
This is such a useful question because it has an interesting range of answers. [click to continue…]
by Stephen Byrne on March 27, 2010
by David Williams on March 26, 2010
James Hogan – a designer and glass painter who worked on many windows in Liverpool Cathedral – made this observation:
“Stained glass painting has no relation whatsoever to picture painting.
It is an art of its own, dealing with the transmission of light through coloured material, whilst painting is the application of a coloured pigment on a flat surface upon which light is reflected.”
"Oi, girls, let's get Hogan - he's disqualified us!"
A neat, analytical distinction, this.
As you would expect, it risks disqualifying substantial quantities of painting on glass.
But never mind that for now. I am sure that the ladies on my left will set dear Hogan straight.
And also never mind Hogan’s assumption that stained glass painting is an art. Ah, “art” is such a slippery word – especially in these post-modern times of ours.
Instead, join me on a journey to the Dark Side.
This way, please. Click to continue – if you dare …
